Takahi. 1. v.t. Trample, stamp. Na te moa i takahi te rata (P.). E takahi ana nga tamariki i nga kumara. Takahi motumotu, an expression applied to one who makes overfrequent visits. Takahi tuna, catch eels by feeling for them with the feet in marshy places. Takahikare, Pelagodroma marina, white-faced storm-petrel. He aha te manu, e? He takahikare ra (S.). The name is sometimes lengthened by the addition of moana, rangi, or raro.
2. Tread. Ka takahi haere atu i o raua tapuae (J. xx, 19).
3. Place the foot on anything to hold it. Tae atu a Te Oriparoa ki te kauati, hoatu ana kia takahia e te ruahine ra (Pi. 135, 4). Ko te wahine tena nana i takahi te kauahi, he wahine tapu hoki.
4. Plunder. Takahi manuhiri, eat with visitors without having been invited to do so.
5. Disobey, violate. Kua takahia nga kupu i rongo ra ratou (T. 22).
6. Ravish a woman.
7. Perform a ceremony, involving stamping on the ground, for producing water. Ko Ngatoro-i-rangi i haere ki nga whenua ki te takahi waipuna mo nga wahi wai-kore (T. 80). Ka mutu te karakia, ka takahia ki tona waewae te whenua, kua pupu ake te wai.
8. Traverse land for the purpose of establishing possession.
9. v.i. Dance; lit. stamp. Engari ano, kia rite te takahi, te papaki, me te horu a te tangata (T. 167). Used also in the pass. Katahi ra ka takahia (T. 167).
10. n. Footprint.
11. Carved footrest of a ko (digging implement).
12. Base of the trunk of a tree, where it enters the ground.
13. A charm to prevent a foe from avenging a defeat, or friends from making a return for a kaihaukai.
takahanga, n. 1. Circumstance, etc., of trampling. Katahi ia ka ata titiro i te takahanga, no te po noa atu tenei mahinga (T. 178).
2. Sole of the foot.
tākahikahi, n. 1. Pluvialis obscurus, New Zealand dotterel. = kukuruatu, rako, pupunui, tuturuwhatu, tuturuwhati, takaikaha.
2. Gahnia sp., a coarse grass-like sedge, used for thatching.
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