Whākā = whakaea, v.t. 1. Make an immediate return for anything. Hei whaka nga parareka nei mo nga kai a Ngai Tahupo.
2. Reply to. Kahore ano kia whakatia mai taku korero. He patu whaka, a return blow.
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Whaka (i), prep. Towards, in the direction of. Horahia te titiro whaka waho (S.). Kei te whakatu hoki i te hau kia haere mai i te ihu o te waka, kia hoki whaka muri (T. 72). Ka maro a raua aho, maro whaka te ihu ana, maro whaka te kei ana (T. 25).
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Whaka (ii), causative prefix; probably connected with the previous word. 1. Combined with an intransitive verb, an adjective or participle to form an intransitive verb, it signifies a beginning of, or approach to, the action or condition indicated. Po rua hoki a Tukutuku e whakatata ana ki a Paoa, kihai i tata (T. 199). Na ka whakawhiti a Kupe i te moana o Raukawa, a ka whiti (Then Kupe set about crossing the straits of Raukawa, and crossed over (T. 109).
2. Combined with a noun to form an intransitive verb, it signifies the assumption of the character or form expressed by the noun. Kua whakatangata taua kukupa (T. 16).
3. As a strict causative it may combine with a verb, adjective, participle, or noun to form a transitive verb. Katahi ano a Rupe ka whakakukupa i a ia (Made himself into a pigeon) (T. 33). Kia nunui te tao, kaua e whakaririkitia (Don't let them be made small) (T. 118). E Kupe, e, whakahokia mai te waka ki a au (Make the canoe return to me) (T. 109). Other varieties and shades of meaning will be found under the word to which whaka is prefixed in each case.
‖ whā (iv).
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