Tārai (i), tārei, taratarai, v.t. Dress, shape, fashion, particularly of working timber with an adze. Te maunga atu ki te toki ka tarai ano i te waka ra (T. 51). Te wahine nana i hari mai te wai pounamu hei taratarai atu i te poupou.—Ka taraia te kaheru (T. 7). He kowhatu topuku tonu, he mea tarei ki te kiripaka. Used of dressing the hair. Ka mea atu a Kahungunu ki to ratou tohunga kia taraia tona mahunga.—Ka huaina taua puke ko Te-tarai-o-Rahiri, i tarataraia hoki tona matenga, ara i herua. Toki tārai, stone adze for dressing timber.
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