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tākai - bind; wrap up; bandage

Takai, v.t. 1. Wrap up, wrap round. He mea apoapo e te rimu, takai atu, takai mai (T. 11). A, mau atu ana te teina, mau ka mau, ka takaia ki te takapau, ki te karukaru (M. vii).

2. Wind round. page 368

3. n. Wrapper, covering.

4. Struthiolaria vermis and S. papulosa; univalve molluscs (trumpet shells). = putara, putatara, kaikaikaroro, totorere.

takatakai. 1. v.t. Wind round and round.

2. n. Cord for lashing bait to a hook.

Williams Dictionary

Me hoko e tātou he koha mā Māmā, me te tākai anō kia ātaahua.
We should buy Mum a present, and wrap it nicely too.

Ka takai te tūpāpaku, ka whakairia ki runga ki te rākau.
The body was wrapped up and placed up in the tree.

Nā ka haere, ka tākai i ōna patunga, ringihia ki te hinu, ki te waina, ka whakanoho i a ia ki tōna ake kararehe —
And so, he proceeded, and bandaged his wounds, flushed them with oil, and with wine, and sat him on his own beast —

#156: I am no longer going to the meeting
#30: We two (not you) are going
#86: You're eating what?!
#197: Kia... ai with statives
#107: The children are eating, however their food is not healthy
#111: Right, let's go then!
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