Taute. 1. v.t. Mature, bring to perfection. Taute te titoki, whero te rata i te waru (Thetitokiripens its fruit, theratais red in the eighth month.) (P. 85).
2. Prepare food for cooking.
3. Tend, look after. Hoki marire atu ki uta nga waka o te mano ra, ki uta hoki taute ai i a ia (T. 41). Kei muri te tangata tetere nei e taute i a ia.
4. Consider, ponder over. Kia ata taute marire.
5. v.i. Mourn. Ka eke i te ngaro, ka noho taute au (M. 31). Ka taute noa au i konei (S. 36).
6. a. Hampered, burdened, embarrassed. Taute ana te wahine i te maha o ana tamariki.
7. n. Quarrel, disturbance.
whakataute, 1. v.t. Bother, beset, impede. Ka taurua taua i te whakatautenga (M. 229).
2. n. Charge, anything one has to attend to. tāuteute. 1. v.t. Distribute, divide into portions.
2. v.i. Be occupied, be engrossed, be absorbed in occupation.
whakatāuteute, n. Occupation, object of attention, worry. Ko ana whakatauteute, ko tana wahine, ko ana tamariki ka riro ra.
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