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whakarere

1. (verb) (whakarērea) to leave behind, forsake, desert, bequeath, reject, cast away, abandon, quit (computer).

Kāti te riri, whakarērea hoki te ārita; kei mamae koe, kei tākina kia mahi i te kino (PT Ngā Waiata 37:8). / Do not be angry, and forsake wrath; lest you be hurt or led into evil deeds.

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Synonyms: pīrere, whakakorekore, waiho, whakakore, awaiho, whākorekore, opa, parahako, whakareretanga, ākiri, kape, whakahoe


2. (verb) (whakarērea) to put to one side, discard, dispense with, get rid of, reject.

Whakatahaia te kukakuka, whakarērea te kukakuka (W 1971:155). / Put the harakeke scrapings to one side and discard them.

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Synonyms: whakataha, whakatataha


3. (verb) (whakarērea) to wield, strike a blow (with a weapon).

Ka rere mai taua tangata ki roto ki te riri, ka mate iho i a ia tokowhā ngā tāngata, nā tōna ringa ake anō, kātahi ka rere mai ki te patu i a Te Awa-i-taia. Ko te karohanga a Te Awa-i-taia i te pouwhenua a taua tangata, kātahi ka whakarere atu te whiu o tōna wahaika hinga ana a Te Raparapa ki te whenua (TWM 3/5/1866:1). / That man rushed into the battle, killing four men with his own hand and then he rushed in to kill Te Awa-i-taia. Te Awa-i-taia parried the pouwhenua of that man, then hit him with his wahaika and Te Raparapa fell to the ground.

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4. (modifier) suddenly, without warning, unexpectedly - used as a modifier to indicate that something happened unexpectedly. When used as a modifier after a verb in the passive, whakarere takes the passive ending -tia.

I pākarua whakareretia te kaipuke ki te kōhatu huna, ā ngaro tonu iho atu te tima me te nuinga o ngā tāngata eke (THM 1/7/1890:1). / The ship suddenly smashed into a hidden rock and the ship perished along with the majority of the passengers.

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5. (modifier) exceedingly, very, extremely, especially - sometimes used as an intensive.

Ko tōku hiahia kia tohungia katoatia ngā kōrero a tāua, a te Maori o tua whakarere - ngā whakapapa, ngā whakataukī, me ngā kupu pepeha - nō te mea kei te haere mai ngā rā e ngaro ai ēnei kōrero ki te kore e tuhituhia (TP 7/1904:3). / It is my desire that the oral traditions of ancient times of us, the Māori, should all be preserved - the genealogies, the proverbs and the tribal sayings - because the day is coming when these oral traditions will be lost if they are not written down.

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6. (noun) abandonment, leaving, rejection, desertion.

Tae rawa ake ki 1824, kua tīmata te whakarere a Ngāti Tama i ō rātou whenua tupu (TTR 1990:102). / By 1824 Ngāti Tama had begun to leave their ancestral lands.

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Synonyms: whākorekore, whakakorekore, mahuetanga, whakareretanga, whakarerenga, whakakore, parahako, ākiri, whakahoe, whakatoitoi

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