whakatahe
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to cause to abort, have a miscarriage.
Ka roa a Maata rāua ko Te Whakataka e moe ana, ka kitea karekau e mau he tamaiti. E hapū ana a Maata, e whakatahe ana (EM 2002:3). / Maata and Te Whakataka were married for a long time and it was seen that she couldn't carry a child. Maata would become pregnant and then would have a miscarriage.
2. (modifier) aborted.
Tērā tētehi nehenehe i runga o Maunga-roa, i Hawaiki, i tanumia tētehi tamaiti whakatahe ki reira (NIT 1995:17). / There was a forest on top of Maunga-roa in Hawaiki where a particular aborted foetus was buried.
3. (noun) abortion, miscarriage.
Ko te tangata tuatahi i whakahuatia nāna i kite a Aotearoa ko Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. I tapaina ai tēnei ingoa, nā te mea i tana whānautanga mai he whakatahe, kātahi ka takaia ki te tikitiki o te māhunga o tana whaea o Taranga (TAH 38:48). / The first person who was mentioned as having discovered New Zealand was Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. This name was given to him because when he was born he was a miscarriage. Then he was wrapped in the topknot of the head of his mother, Taranga.
