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tītaha - to lean to one side (v), to be sideways, slanting (s)

Titaha. 1. v.i. Lean to one side, slant, be on one side. Titaha ana nga tuturu o te whare.

2. Decline, as the sun. Ka titaha te ra.

3. Pass on one side. Maku e mihi noa ki o korua titahatanga i waho te onepu (M. 130).

4. Go in an oblique direction. E rua ona titahatanga, chara kua tatu kei raro, e rere ana, titahatia atu, titahatia mai, ehara kua ronaki te rere (T. 15).

5. Vary from, have a different tendency. Kaore i titaha i taku whakahaere o korero i whakaari ake nei.

6. a. Crooked, turning to one side. Kua titaha te ihu (J. iii, 17).

7. Slanting. Haere ai koe i te ara titaha (M. 37, where the word is perhaps used figuratively).

8. n. A stone axe with the cutting edge in line with the handle. Called also toki titaha.

9. A kind of cape.

Williams Dictionary

Ka tītaha a Matariki ki te uru.
The Pleiades had descended to the west from its highest point.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Tītaha ki tērā taha.
Leaning to that side.
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

He aha koe i titiro tītaha pēnā mai ai?
Why do you always look sideways at me like that?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

te aha koe i titiro tītaha pērā mai ai?
What caused you to look sideways at me like that?
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

tītaha ki tēnei taha,
leaning to this side

He tītaha ia.
He is crooked.

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