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taiaha - weapon (a long hardwood weapon with a pointed tongue at one end and a long flat narrow blade at the other)

Taiaha, n. A weapon of hard wood, about 5 ft. long, having one end (the arero) carved in the shape of a tongue with a face on each side and adorned with a fillet of hair or feathers, the other end being a flat smooth blade (rau) about 3 in. wide. E ara te kura o taku taiaha ki runga (J. xx, 23). He kanohi taiaha, a person who endeavours to keep on good terms with both sides in a quarrel. = hani (i), maipi.

Williams Dictionary

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngaa matua raa, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngaa ringa
the taiaha at inside at the(pl) hand ‘He was gesticulating before the battalions as if the iahaould break in pieces in his hands’ (TWh, 22)

Mā wai te taiaha nei?
Who is this taiaha for?

Nāu te taiaha e takoto mai rā?
Is the taiaha lying there yours?

Ehara nāku te taiaha e takoto mai rā.
The taiaha lying there is not mine.

E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa.
He was gesticulating before the battalions as if the taiaha would break in pieces in his hands.

Ka tohu atu ia ki te reke o tana taiaha.
He pointed with the butt of his taiaha.

Ke tohu atu ia ki te reke o tana taiaha.
He pointed with the butt of his taiaha.

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