whakatāuke
1. (verb) (-tia) to push apart, push away, separate, segregate.
Ka puta te whakaaro o Tāne. Kātahi ka huri te pane ki raro ko ngā waewae ki runga - ka whakatāuke a Rangi, tāuke a Papa (TKP 5/11/1857:3). / Tāne had an idea. Then he turned his head down and his feet up - Rangi was pushed away and Papa was separated from him.
Synonyms: hoe, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
2. (modifier) segregated, separated.
Ahakoa he tangata ngākaunui ia ki te tākaro whutupaoro, nā te mahi whakatāuke tangata i tohea e ia te haere o te tīma toa o Aotearoa ki Āwherika ki te Tonga, tākaro ai (TTR 2000:252). / Although he was a rugby enthusiast, because of apartheid he opposed the New Zealand team going to South Africa to play.
3. (noun) segregation.
