taratara. 1. n. Spine, spike. Taratara o Kal, a pattern of carving and of ornamental weaving.
2. A short stick used in setting a tawhitl trap. ‖ Tr. xli, 247.
3. Stakes of fence.
4. a. Prickly, rough.
5. Barbed. Na Maui-atamai te here i whakataratara te matamata, na reira i mau ai te manu ana werohia ki taua tahere: ko te here a Maui-wareware, kihai i taratara te mata (W. ii, 112).
6. Offensive. Nau koa nge au, atratara rawa a taua mahi (M. 145).
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