whakataha
1. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to put to one side, pass by, turn aside.
Nō tana whiunga i tana taiaha ki a Tangata-iti ka whakataha ake a Tangata-iti, ngau kē ana te taiaha a Hari ki te rākau, mau tonu atu (NIT 1995:321). / When he struck Tangata-iti with his taiaha, Tangata-iti turned it aside and Hari's taiaha stuck fast in a tree.
Synonyms: whakarere, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakatipi, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakahipa
2. (verb) to glance.
Tirotiro koa rā nge ki te whenua, whakataha tō mata ki te marama (M 2006:312). / Look thou now upon the land, glance thou upwards towards the moon (M 2006:313).
