whakamakere

1. (verb) (-tia) to drop.

Nā konei ka huaina tērā wāhi ko Nūhaka, ka whakamakeretia atu te kupu 'Ngā' (HP 1991:29). / As a result that place was called Nūhaka and the word Ngā was dropped.

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2. (verb) to drop out.

Nō te weheruatanga o te wā ka whakamakere a ia i te kuranga (Ng 1993:115). / Half way through the term she dropped out of the course.

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3. (noun) remnant, remainder.

Kāhore he whakamakere o te iwi nei? (W 1971:170). / Are there no remnants of this tribe?

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Synonyms: toenga, mōmōhanga, rurenga, mōrehu, makorea

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