whakarato

== Māori == === Etymology === From whaka- (causative prefix) +‎ rato. === Noun === whakarato (passive whakaratoa or whakaratohia or whakaratongia) to distribute, to allocate to serve (of food), to wait to provide === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “whakarato”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN