whakamau
1. (verb) (-a,-ria,-tia) to fix, fasten, attach.
Ki te wāhi e tuwhera ana, ka whakamautia he pūrangi me te hīnaki, ānō nei hai kati i te huarahi wai ka haere ngā tuna mā reira ki te rere ana (HP 1991:15). / At the place that was open a bag and the eel trap were attached as if to block the channel that the eels travelled up if they were running.
2. (verb) (-a) to fix attention on, be intent on, go straight for.
Ka whakamau ki tētehi wāhi tairanga ake i te wai (NIT 1995:201). / He went straight to a place elevated above the water.
3. (verb) (-a) to put on (clothes, etc.).
Ka noho taku whaea ki te whakamau i aku tōkena me aua pūtu hou (TWK 55:13). / My mother sat down to put on my socks and the new boots.
Synonyms: komo
4. (verb) (-a) to be vindictive, hold a grudge, dig one's toes in, dig one's heels in, be obstinate.
Ko te mutunga iho ko tāna he whakamau, he kore e taea te whakangāueue i tōna tino mauāhara ki aua mahi rā (HM 1/1995:4). / In the end she digs her toes in and can not be moved from her great dislike of those activities.
5. (modifier) unforgiving, vindictive.
He wahine whakamau tērā - ki te hēngia e koe, kua kore e kōrero ki a koe mō āke tonu atu (PK 2008:1102). / That is an unforgiving woman - if you cross her she won't speak to you ever again.
6. (noun) grievance, complaint, grudge, resentment.
I te marama o Maehe i te tau 1874, ka tū he hui ki Tuahiwi, he kāinga e pātata atu ana ki Kaiapoi, kia kōrerohia ngā whakamau a Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1990:113). / In March 1874 a meeting was held at Tuahiwi, a settlement near Kaiapoi, to discuss Ngāi Tahu grievances.
Synonyms: taruhae, ngaukino, whakariri, hīkaka, hūngeingei, hūneinei, tūāhae
