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whakatoro

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-ngia) to extend, stretch.

Ko te mea kawe mai i te korohū he paipa he mea whakatoro mai i te tima ki tēnā kāho, ki tēnā kāho (TP 4/1911:1). / The thing conveying the steam is a pipe extending from the steamer to each drum.

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2. (verb) (-a,-na) to stretch out, thrust.

Ka tūturi aua rangatira, taua rua, ka kuku i ō raua ringa ka whakatoro ki te rangi, ka whakawhetai atu ki te Atua (TWMNT 23/2/1875:43). / Those two chiefs knelt down, clasped their hands and stretch them to heaven, and praised God.

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