whakakau
1. (verb) to make swim.
E whakakau ana i tētahi kuao hōiho i te ngutu awa o Nēpia i tētahi rangi kua taha ake nei, kātahi ka ngaua rawatia te pakihiwi e te mangō (TWMNT 1/3/1879:328). / While a foal was being swum from the Napier river mouth the other day, a shark tore its shoulder to shreds.
2. (verb) to come gradually into view, appear, rise (of stars and heavenly bodies).
Nō taua tau anō hoki i tukua atu ai e te rōpū kaitiaki mō te mahi whakangahau Māori o Aotearoa me te Kaporeihana o te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa he rōpū whakakite, toru tekau mā rima te nui, ki Osaka i Hapana kia whakakau ake ai i te whakaaturanga nei (TTR 2000:230). / In the same year, the New Zealand Māori Theatre Trust and the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation sent a company of 35 performers to Osaka, Japan, to appear in this production.
