1. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to delay, prolong, protract.
Me haere i te manukāwhaki, kaua e whakaupa ki te riri; kia whai mōrehu (JPS 1902:29). / We should use the strategy of pretending to flee and not prolong the fighting, so that we have survivors.
Synonyms: whakaroa, whakaupaupa, aukume, autō
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