whakaopeti
1. (verb) (-tia) to assemble, gather, congregate, convene.
Whakaopeti ana, whakamene ana ki Tāmaki-makau-rau te apārangi tūnohunohu i runga i te kōnga o te reo tāwhiri o te Ahorangi (HM 4/1993:7). / The company of elders assembled in Auckland on the call of welcome by the Māori Language Commissioner.
2. (noun) assembling, collecting, gathering.
Kua oti i a rātou ētahi pukapuka reo Māori te whakaopeti mai ki tō rātou whare pukapuka. / They have completed the gathering of some Māori language books into their library.
