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whakareri

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to prepare, get ready, make ready.

I te toru o ngā hāora i te awatea o te rā reihi, ka whakareri ngā wāhine ki te hoe ki te tīmatanga o te whakataetae. / At 3 pm on race day, the women prepared to row to the start of the competition.

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Synonyms: takataka, takatū, whakaute, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu


2. (loan) (modifier) preparing, readying.

Kei te hui ngā manu whenua. He hui whakareri mō te pakanga (TWK 32:22). / The land birds are assembling. It is a gathering preparing for the battle.

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Synonyms: whakatakataka, whakatakatū


3. (loan) (noun) preparation.

Ka hoki whakamuri ki te wā i mahue ai ko ahau hei miraka i ngā kau, ka hē te whakareri i te hapareita i rere kē ai ko te kirīmi ki ngā kāho a ngā poaka, ko ngā kai poaka ki roto i te kēna kirīmi (EM 2002:67). / I return back to the time when I was left to milk the cows and the preparation of the separator was done incorrectly whereby the cream flowed into the pigs' barrel while the pig food went into the cream can.

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Synonyms: whakatikatika, whakatakanga, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai

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