whakangungu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to defend, protect.
Kei te karakia parepare i ngā mea kino o te ao, ā whakangungu tonu atu ki te Pae o Kahukura (JPS 1893:227). / It is used in the karakia to ward off the evils of the world, and in invoking the Pae o Kahukura.
Synonyms: taumaru, whakahau, whakamaru, pare, araarai, whakahaumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, tiaki, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to train.
He ika tauhou tino pai kē nei ia, ā, nuku kē atu ana ōna mōhio i ērā o ngā tauira o tōna karaehe mō ngā marama e ono e whakaakona ana ia i te kura whakangungu o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa i Māwaihākona (TTR 2000:81). / She was an outstanding recruit and she out-performed the other cadets of her class during the six months she was training at the New Zealand Police Training School in Trentham.
3. (modifier) defensive, protective.
Ka whakamāramatia ake; e rima ngā mauri kei tēnei motu, e haere ana i roto i te karakia whakangungu (JPS 1893:222). / There are five mauri in this island which are used in protective karakia.
Synonyms: parahau
4. (noun) training.
Koinei anake te whakangungu kaiako i pai ki a au (HM 4/2008:3). / This was the only teacher training that I liked.
5. (noun) shield, protection - usually as whakangungu rākau.
See also whakangungu rākau
Synonyms: pukupuku, hīra, pākai, ārai, ārei, whakapuru tao, whakaruruhau, kahupeka, maru, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, waonga, whakangungu rākau, papare, tiakitanga, tiaki, taumarumaru, pātūtū, whakahaumaru, taumaru, kaikaro
