whakatuwhera
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia,-hia) to open.
Ko te whakatūranga i a Mahuta hei minita he mahi hangarau, he turaki i tōna ingoa kīngi, he poapoa kia uru ia ki te taha Kāwanatanga, kia whakatuwheratia ai ōna whenua ki te Pākehā (TP 2/1909:1). / The apointment of Mahuta as a minister was a trick to diminish his standing as a king and to entice him to join the Government side so that his lands would be available to the Pākehā.
See also whakatuhera
Synonyms: tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, marake, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera, hīrikore, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare
2. (modifier) opening.
Nāna i karakia te karakia whakatuwhera i te whare (TP 4/1909:5). / He performed the service opening the house.
3. (noun) opening.
I te patunga i ngā tautīaki, me te paepae-tapu-nui-a-Tāne tae noa ki te pikitanga a te ruahine i te paepae-tapu-nui-a-Tāne; me te whakatuwheratanga o te tatau; me te pikitanga i te paepae poto a te ruahine: kāore i te eke ngā karakia e hāngai ai te piki i ngā paepae e rua me te whakatuwhera o te tatau (TTT 1/5/1930:2055). / From the striking of the upright posts beneath the front bargeboards of the meeting house and the sacred threshold of Tāne including the climbing over of the sacred threshold of Tāne by the ruahine; the opening of the door; the climbing over of the door sill by the ruahine; the ritual chants used were not appropriate for stepping over the two thresholds and the opening of the door.
Synonyms: pūahaaha, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi, wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakatuwheratanga, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, puare, puta, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera
