whakaora
1. (verb) (-tia,-hia,-ngia) to save, rescue, resuscitate, revive, restore to health, cure, heal, remedy.
Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.
Synonyms: rongoā, rauora, whakaputa i te ihu, whakahaumanu, haumanu, whakamātūtū, whakarauora, whakaoranga, ora, whakahauora, oraora, karokaro, karo, whakaoraora, penapena
2. (modifier) healing, curing.
Atu i te tekau tau i 1930 i tīmata ai te hau o te rongo o Tūtekohi Rangi hai tohunga whakaora tūroro (TTR 1998:148). / From the 1930s Tūtekohi Rangi establish a reputation as a tohunga healing sick people.
3. (noun) healing, rescue, revival, cure, recovery, resuscitation, restoration, redress.
Ka ngangautia e ia kia ngāwari, kia pakupaku, ka āta whakapiritia ki te mamae, hāware katoa atu nō te mea he pai tonu hoki te hāware mō te whakaora (HP 1991:23). / She chewed it until it was soft and small and carefully applied it to the sore part. It had saliva throughout because saliva is quite good for healing.
Synonyms: whakaoranga, puretumu, whakahou, whakahounga
poti whakaora
1. (loan) (noun) life boat.
I te ata pō ka mānu te poti whakaora otirā i te nui o te ngaru kāhore i tata atu, heoi ka mānu noa iho me te karanga mai anō ngā tāngata o te kaipuke kia tīkina atu rātou, ka tata rātou te mate (TP 11/1905:8). / Before dawn the lifeboat was launched but because the waves were so big they couldn't approach it so they held off while the people on the ship called to be rescued as they were about to die.
Synonyms: poti kārewa
hākete whakaora
1. (loan) (noun) life jacket.
He karanga mate te hari i te karaka maoa ki te hī i runga waka, kāore nei ōna hākete whakaora (HJ 2012:20). / Taking a non-swimmer fishing on a vessel without her life-jacket is asking for trouble.
Synonyms: kahu kautere
tākuta whakaora paipai
1. (loan) (noun) venereologist.
Tukua kētia ana ia ki Tāneatua i Te Moana-a-Toi-te-huatahi, hei tākuta whakaora paipai; hōrapa ana hoki te mate pākewakewa ki ngā Māori o taua takiwā (TTR 1998:92). / Instead he was sent to Taneatua in the Bay of Plenty as a venereologist as syphilis had spread among the Maori population of that region.
