whakatere
1. (verb) (-hia,-a,-tia) to steer, navigate (a canoe), buoy up, float, accelerate, speed up, hasten, quicken.
Mehemea ki te pōrori ngā kōpatapata ki te puta, mā te inu wai wera, mā te kaukau i rō wai mahana, e whakatere te puta (TTT 1/11/1927:688). / If the spots are slow to show, drinking hot water and bathing in warm water will speed up their appearance.
Synonyms: whakahoro, whakahohoro
2. (modifier) steering, manoeuvring.
Ka oti te tārai te haumi, te kei, te ihu, ngā rauawa; ka oti ngā taumanu, te tauihu, te rapa me te kāraho, te puneke, te ihu, te utuutu-matua, te whakarei o te kei, ngā mea katoa mō te waka taua, ngā kōrewa, ngā tā wai, ngā hoe, ngā whiti, ngā tokotū, ngā huapae, ngā rā, ngā taura, ngā punga e rua, whakawhenua, ngā punga kōrewa, ngā toko waka, ngā hoe whakaara o te ihu, ngā hoe whakatere o te kei (JPS 1922:23). / The piece to lengthen the hull was hewn out, the stern, the bow, the topstrakes; the thwarts, the prow piece, the stern attachment, the decking, the fore end, the utuutumatua, the carved work of the stern, were finished and all things pertaining to a war canoe. These included the outriggers, the balers, the paddles, the crosspieces and masts, the fore and aft beams of the outrigger frame, the sails, the cordage, the two anchors, ground and sea, the punt poles, and the steering paddles of the prow and stern.
3. (noun) steering, navigation (a canoe).
Ka whaikōrero a Tamamutu, ka karanga ki te iwi o Tūwharetoa, "Tūwharetoa-i-te-aupōuri ē, kia pai te whakatere i te waka kei pariparia e te tai, ka mōnenehu te kura nei." (TP 3/1910:11). / Tamamutu made a speech, calling to the Tūwharetoa people, "Tūwharetoa-i-te-aupōuri, steer the canoe carefully or this treasure will be drenched by the spray."
