whakarato
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to serve, provide, distribute, allocate.
Whakaratoa ngā tamariki ki te kai (W 1971:327). / Provide the children with food.
Ki te kore ia e whakarato i ngā hua o tāna mahi ki ngā whanaunga ka whakamā ia (TTT 1/8/1931:16). / If he does not provide the fruits of his work to his relatives he will be ashamed.
2. (modifier) servicing, supplying, providing, distributing, allocating.
Ka whakataua e Whitmore me ruru a Te Urewera, kia kore ai e whai wāhi whakaruru, wāhi whakarato taonga, wāhi taritari ope rānei a Te Kooti me ngā mōrehu kaiārahi i te Hauhau (TTR 1990:384). / Whitmore decided that the Urewera would have to be invaded, so that Te Kooti and the surviving Hauhau leaders wouldn't have a sanctuary and a supply of goods or a recruitment area.
Synonyms: rato, whakawhiwhi, homaitanga, hoatutanga
3. (noun) provision, distribution, service, supply, allocation.
Ka whakatūhia te komihana hei whakakuhu haere i te Māori ki te ahumahi ika, me te whakarato i ngā rawa ika ki ngā iwi (Te Ara 2014). / A commission was set up to help Māori enter into the fishing industry, and to distribute the fishery assets to the tribes.
Synonyms: whakaritenga, whakaekeeke, karakia, rato, ratonga, tuku, minita
