‘akaue, caus. ue.
1. Shake, disturb, loosen.
‘Eia‘a koe e ‘akaue i taku tiare māori i tanu‘ia e au ki kona, ‘inē.
Please don’t shake my gardenia cutting that I planted there.
2. Order, bid, command.
Te ‘akaue atu nei au iā koe kia ‘eke mai ki raro i tēia nei.
I command you to climb down now.
‘ōta, (-‘ia), n.
1. Order sbdy to do something, command, instruction.
Kua ‘ōta ‘aia ia rātou kia ‘akaruke viviki i taua ‘enua.
He ordered them to leave the country without delay;
Kua tā‘ito‘ito tēta‘i pae i tōna ‘ōta‘anga.
Some of them defied his orders;
Tēia te ‘ōta tei tae mai.
These are the instructions that have arrived.
2. (Place) an order for goods.
‘ī varu ‘ānere vā‘angā punu i ‘ōta‘ia.
Eight hundred sheets of iron have been ordered;
Tē tātā ‘ōta kai nei au.
I‘m making out an order for food supplies;
‘E pēpa ‘ōta ‘apinga tēnā nā Mere.
That’s Mere’s shopping list. Moni ‘ōta
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a money order, postal order. [Eng. order.]