tōkai
1. (verb) to copulate, have sexual intercourse.
Me tōkai rawa te tangata e puta ai he uri ki te ao, engari arā ētahi momo ngārara ka whai uri me te kore tonu e tōkai (PK 2008:959). / Man must copulate in order to bring offspring into the world, but there are some insects that produce offspring without copulating.
tokai
1. (noun) vertical supports for the thwarts of a canoe - pieces of wood suspended vertically to support the kauhuahua.
Kātahi ka mahia a 'Takitimu', ngā taumanu, ngā tokai, ngā kauhuahua, ngā rahoraho (JPS 1908:96). / Then were made for 'Takitimu' the thwarts, supports, cross-bars, and flooring.
aka tokai
1. (noun) vine lashing (for an adze, etc.).
Ka ngōki te tamaiti, ka tū ki runga, ka hangaia e te matua, e ngā tīpuna rānei, he pakokori hei tūnga mō te tamaiti i roto, hei ngā kēkē o te tamaiti te tiketike. He mea porohita te mahinga, he mea pou ki te rākau. Ko runga he mea porohita ki te aka tokai ka whakapuru ai a roto ki te hungahunga whitau, ka hoatu te tamaiti ki roto tū ai, kori ai (TPH 15/1/1900:1). / When the child was able to walk and stand up, the father or grandparents made a play-pen for the child to stand in, and its height was up to the armpits of the child. It was made to be circular and held up with wooden sticks. The top was wound with creeper lashing and the inside was padded with soft flax fibre. The child was placed inside to stand up and to play.
2. (modifier) cloning.
Rārangihia mai ngā painga ka puta i te mahi pūrua tōkai-kore me ngā tautohenga whakahē (RP 2009:360). / List the benefits from the work of cloning and the arguments against it.
3. (noun) clone, cloning .
Kō te whāinga a ētahi kaimātai pūtaiao, he pūrua tōkai-kore i ngā momo kua tata korehāhā (RP 2009:360). / The aim of some scientists is cloning the species close to extinction.
