whakamarumaru
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to shade, shelter, protect.
Nā Whakatau i whakamarumaru ngā umanga a Ngāi Tahu i te takiwā ki Kaikōura (TTR 1994:38). / Whakatau protected Ngāi Tahu interests in the Kaikōura district.
Synonyms: maru, marumaru, taumarumaru, araarai, parahau, rauhī, whakaruruhau, tiaki, manaaki, rī, whakaruru, whakahaumaru, taumaru, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, whakamauru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakamaurutanga, ruruhau, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu, pātūtū
3. (noun) shade, shelter, protector.
Ka nohonoho haere mātou i raro i ngā whakamarumaru kia kore ai ō mātou māhunga e paoa e te rā (HM 2/2009:10). / We sat about under the shade so that our heads would not be pounded by the sun.
Synonyms: parepare, whakaruruhau, kaiwhakamarumaru, ruruhau, whakaruru
