whakatakahuri
1. (verb) (-tia) to turn, roll, overturn.
Ka whakakotahitia rātou ki te whakatakahuri i te ōta whakakapi a te kōti (TTR 1996:173). / They joined forces to have the court's succession order overturned.
Synonyms: huripokinga, tūpoki, tahuri, whakataupoki, takahuri, porohuri, urupoki, whakarārangi, hurihuri, pukapuka, pīrori, rōra, rōru, rārangi ingoa, kōpiupiu
2. (noun) turning, overturning.
I tohea e Tumutara rāua ko Rāpata Peene te whakaaro o Hākiaha: ko tā rāua whakahē nui, he whakatakahuri kē atu tana mahi i ngā pononga a te Hāhi Ringatū i te Paipera, me ngā whakaakoranga tonu a Te Karaiti (TTR 1998:231). / Tumutara and Robert Biddle resisted Hākiaha’s mission: their main complaint was that Hākiaha was turning the Ringatū supporters away from the Bible and the teachings of Christ.
