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takatāpui

1. (modifier) close (friend), intimate (friend).

Kei te maumahara tonu i ahau, aku hoa takatāpui, i te wā e tamariki ana, he waewae hape tētahi, he tuarā hake tētahi (TTT 1/1/1925:171). / I still remember my close friends at the time I was young, one had deformed legs, another was a hunchback.

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2. (noun) close friend (of the same gender), intimate friend (of the same gender).

Ko tōna ingoa karanga tonu i ētahi wā ko Hāmi, engari ko Tahi ki ōna takatāpui, me 'Sam Maioha Junior' ki ōna hoa umanga Pākehā (TTR 1996:92). / His nickname was Hāmi, but to his intimate friends he was Tahi, and Sam Maioha Junior to his Pākehā business associates.
Ka mōhio haere a Tūtānekai ki te takatāpui, arā, ki te whakahoa. Ka piri ō rāua wairua ko tōna hoa takatāpui ko Tiki, ānō he teina he tuakana rāua (Biggs 1997:105). / Tūtānekai cultivated a close friendship. He and Tiki were spiritually close, like older and younger brothers (Biggs 1997:104).

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See also hoa tāpui


3. (noun) lesbian, gay, homosexual, gay men and women.

I te tekau tau atu i 1970 ka tino rerekē te wāhi o te takatāpui ki Aotearoa (Te Ara 2013). / The place of gay men and lesbians in Aotearoa/New Zealand began to change dramatically in the 1970s.

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Synonyms: wahine moe wahine

mae takatāpui

1. (noun) homophobia.

Ki ētahi tāngata āniwaniwa, pā mai ai te mae takatāpui, te mae irawhiti me te whakahāwea taihemarua i ia rā, me te aha, ka pāngia kinotia te hauora me te oranga. (F 2019: 15). / For some rainbow people, homophobia, transphobia, and/or intersex discrimination is part of daily life and has profound negative impacts on their health and wellbeing.

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