tao

1. (verb) to weigh down.

tao

1. (noun) spear, javelin, lance.

Hītamo noa ana te tangata, tē tata atu te tao ki te manu (W 1971:53). / The man stretched right out, but could not get near the bird with the spear.

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Synonyms: hōreke, rāti

tao

1. (verb) (-na,-ngia) to cook.

Ka ngarongaro atu te taua, ka heke ngā tāngata o Rākaipākā, ka whakaemitia ngā tinana o ngā tāngata mate, ka taongia (HP 1991:28). / When the war party disappeared, the people of Rākaipākā descended and gathered the bodies of the people killed and cooked them.

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2. (noun) cooking.

Nō waenganui o ngā te tekau tau mai i 1830, ka taetae mai ngā kaiwhakaako Karaitiana ki Te Māhia. E taki kauwhau ana i te rangimārie; kia whakamutua te tao tangata; kia whakakorehia ngā mahi whawhai (TTR 1990:245). / By the mid 1830s, Christian teachers had arrived at Māhia and were preaching peace, an end to cooking people and an end to fighting.

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pukapuka tao

1. (noun) cookery book.

tao waka

1. (noun) ballast, loading of a canoe.

Synonyms: pēhanga kōhatu, pēhi

whakapuru tao

1. (noun) shield, arm pad - a pad worn on the arm as a protection against a spear thrust.

Ā i hoatu e te tohunga ki ngā rangatira rau ngā tao me ngā whakapuru tao a Kīngi Rāwiri (PT Kingi2 11:10). / And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields.

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