1. (modifier) downwards, northwards, north, northern, lower.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 112;)
Ka eke a Pāoa me tana iwi ki ō rātou waka ko te hoenga whakararo (NIT 1995:165). / Pāoa and his people boarded their canoes and paddled north.
See also whaka-
Synonyms: whakateraki
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