takutai - sea coast
Takutai, n. Sea coast. Tenei ra te takutai e whanatu ai e haere (M. 122). ‖ taku (ii).
Williams Dictionary
I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.Travelling by means of - mā runga
Nō whea e ora ngā tāngata o te takutai i tēnā taiāniwhaniwha.How could the coastal dwellers possibly survive that tsunami? OR There was no chance of the coastal dwellers surviving that tsunami.
