kotahi
1. (numeral) be one, single, alone, 1.
Ki te kotahi te kākaho ka whati, ki te kāpuia, e kore e whati. (Nā Kīngi Tāwhiao tēnei tongi). / If there is but one toetoe stem it will break, but if they are together in a bundle they will never break. (This saying is by King Tāwhiao).
Synonyms: tapatahi, takitahi, takakau, tōtahi, mea, tahi, kōtahitahi, tētehi, tētahi
2. (stative) be united.
Ahakoa kei te kauwhau a Rātana kia kotahi te iwi Māori, nō te taenga atu o tana kaiwhakahaere ki te hui a Ngāi Tahu i Tuahiwi kite ana ia kāore i kotahi te whakaaro mō te haina i te kawenata (TTT 1/2/1925:186). / Despite Rātana's preaching that the Māori people be united, when his organiser arrived at the gathering of Ngāi Tahu at Tuahiwi he saw that there was not unity concerning the signing of the covenant.
kotahi atu (ana)
1. straight for, directly to, made a beeline for, straight there - used to indicate that something is going straight to a place.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 181;)
Kotahi atu te pōro ki te kōhao. / The ball went straight for the hole.
Rongo ana i te kōrero kotahi atu ana ki ētahi atu, kōrero atu ai tē aro atu ki te pono, ki te kore rānei i pono o tāna i rongo ai. / Once he hears something he makes a beeline for others without consideration for the veracity or not of what he heard.
kotahi mai (ana)
1. straight for, straight here, straight for me, make a beeline for me - an idiom used to indicate that something is going straight towards the speaker.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 181;)
Kotahi mai ana ki te whakaatu mai e aha kē ana ngā iwi o reira. / They made a beeline for me, to tell me what the people there were doing.