whakatane, v.i. Show manly qualities, play the man. Ko Whakatau, potiki ahaku, e whakatane i a ia (Tr. vii, 49).
Williams Dictionary
Kia whakatāne au i ahauI will/must make myself into a man
Ka whakatāne au i ahau.I will make myself into a man.
Kia whakatāne au i ahau.Let me make myself into a man.
Nō Whakatāne ahau.I’m from akatāne Ka mea a Wairaka: Kia whakatāne ake ahau.Wairaka said: Let me act the part of a man. Ka mea a Wairaka, ‘Kia whakatāne ake ahau.Let me act the part of a man. No Taranaki ahau.I'm from Taranaki.
Ka mea a Wairaka: Kia whakatāne ake ahau.Wairaka said: Let me act the part of a man.
Ka mea a Wairaka, ‘Kia whakatāne ake ahau.Let me act the part of a man.
No Taranaki ahau.I'm from Taranaki.
