whakauru
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to insert, put in, enter, apply, enrol, introduce, include, substitute.
Ko ngā purei Ingarihi kua whakaurua ki roto ki ngā tamariki, ā ahuareka rawa ana rātou ki ngā mahi kiriketi, pōro, aha atu (TWMNT 13/1/1874:11). / English games have been introduced among the children, and they really like cricket, football, and other games.
2. (verb) to form an alliance, join, ally oneself with.
Whakauru mai ana hoki ngā hapū e whā o Heretaunga i raro i tō rātou rangatira, i a Te Hāpuku (TTR 1990:204). / The four hapū of Hawke's Bay also formed an alliance under their chief, Te Hāpuku.
Synonyms: haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, kuhukuhu, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, hono, tāpiri, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko
3. (modifier) admission, entrance, enrolling.
Ko te karakia whakauru mō ngā mema me whakahaere i roto i te whare karakia (TP 10/1910:4). / The admission service for the members should be held in the church.
4. (noun) enrolment, registration, admission, entry, participation.
Synonyms: whakaurunga, rēhita, rēhitatanga
5. (noun) membership.
Ko te whakauru ki taua karapu me ngau te tangata ki te paepae hamuti, kātahi anō ka mana ki te whai kī i roto i taua whakaminenga (TTT 1/2/1927:533). / For the membership of that club a person must undertake an initiation ritual and only then is he able to have speaking rights in that assembly.
Synonyms: mematanga
6. (noun) ally.
Ka whakakaongia e Te Waharoa tāna ope taua, o Ngāti Hauā, o Ngāti Maniapoto, o Waikato; kātahi, ka haere ki te whakapā atu ki ōna whakauru o Ngāi Te Rangi i Tauranga (TTR 1990:2). / Te Waharoa gathered together his army of Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato warriors and then went to join his Ngāi Te Rangi allies at Tauranga.
