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taketake

1. (verb) to be long-established, original, ancient, own, lasting, aboriginal, native, indigenous, through-and-through, dyed-in-the-wool.

Taketake ake tēnei tangata a Te Rangiotū, nō Rangitāne, nō Ngāti Rangitepaia (TTR 1990:280). / This man, Te Rangiotū, was of Rangitāne and Ngāti Rangitepaia through-and-through.

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2. (modifier) long-established, original, ancient, own, lasting, aboriginal, native, indigenous.

Anei te reo Pākehā me tōna huhua o te kupu, engari kāore i paku kainamu atu te mātau o te hunga taketake ake nō rātou taua reo ki aua kupu katoa rā (HM 4/2009:3). / Here is the English language with its multitude of words, but native speakers of that language do not know anywhere near all the words of their language.

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See also rongo taketake

Synonyms: toi, māori, ake, tūturu, karioi, whakauka, mau, ukiuki, tipu, anō, , tupu


3. (modifier) endemic - found only in a particular place or country.

Ko ētahi rauropi pērā i te tūī, nō Aotearoa anake, kāore e kitea i whenua kē, ā, ka kīia he momo taketake ēnei (RP 2009:291). / Some organisms, such as the tūī, are only from New Zealand, they're are not found in other countries, and these are called endemic species.

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4. (modifier) permanently.

Kīhai i mahue taketake i a Wiremu a Waireia me te rae o Rangi, ā, he hokihoki tonu tana mahi ki tōna kāinga me tōna whānau i Te Hokianga (TTR 1996:168). / Wiremu never left Waireia and Rangi Point permanently, because his work continually brought him back to his home and extended family at Hokianga.

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Synonyms: whakapūmau


5. (modifier) certain, on good authority.

Kātahi mātou ka rongo taketake ki ngā kōrero mō te matenga o ngā tāngata o Tūranga (W 1971:370). / We have just heard on good authority the news about the defeat of the people of Gisborne

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6. (noun) base, foot.

Ka tata mai te waka o te tāne ki te taketake o te toka e noho rā te tamāhine i runga (TP 4/1909:11). / The husband's canoe approached the base of the rock on which the girl was sitting.

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7. (noun) red-billed seagull, Larus novaehollandiae scopulius - a grey-and-white gull found mainly on the coast, with back and wings pearly-grey except for black wingtips with small white patches. Has red legs.

taihema taketake

1. (noun) biological sex.

E whakamahia ana te kupu 'taihema taketake' hei whakamārama i te āhua o ō tātou tinana. / The word 'biological sex' is used to describe our physical bodies.

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rongo taketake

1. (noun) lasting peace, established peace, lasting truce.

Ko te rangatira o Ngāi Tahu nāna i whakapūmau te rongo taketake a Ngāi Tahu ki a Ngāti Māmoe, ko Te Hau-tapunui-o-Tū (TTR 1990:367). / The Ngāi Tahu chief who established a lasting truce of Ngāi Tahu with Ngāti Māmoe was Te Hau-tapunui-o-Tū.

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Synonyms: tatau pounamu

momo taketake

1. (noun) endemic species.

Ko ētahi rauropi pērā i te tūī, nō Aotearoa anake, kāore e kitea i whenua kē, ā, ka kīia he momo taketake ēnei (RP 2009:291). / Some organisms, like the tūī, are only from New Zealand and aren't found in other countries, and these are said to be endemic species.

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rawa taketake

1. (noun) raw material.

puoro taketake

1. (noun) indigenous music.

iwi taketake

1. (noun) indigenous people, native people.

I a ia ka tae ki Āwherika ki te Tonga, i tūtaki ia ki ngā iwi taketake o reira me ngā āpiha kāwanatanga (TTR 2000:171). / When he went to South Africa he met the indigenous peoples there and government officials.

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Synonyms: iwi whenua

raraunga taketake

1. (noun) raw data.

Whakapuakitanga o te Rūnanga Whakakotahi i ngā Iwi o te Ao mō ngā Tika o ngā Iwi Taketake

1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

matataketake

1. (noun) medium of communication with a spirit, a type of karakia.

E kīia ana ko te tohunga tērā i tae ai a Hikatamure, ki te kimi i te karakia e kīia nei he matataketake (M 2004:388). / It is said that that was the tohunga to whom Hikatamure went to search for the ritual chant known as matataketake.

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Synonyms: wawaenga, kauwaka, waka

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