2. (verb) to propose, entertain (an idea, etc.) - when used with words like whakaaro and mahara.
Katahi ka taka a Whakatau i te mahara kia haere ia ki te takitaki i te mate o tōna tuakana, o Tū-whakararo, ā ka kitea e ia te tikanga (NM 1928:33). / Then Whakatau proposed the idea that he would go off to avenge the death of his older brother, Tū-whakararo, and the plan was revealed.
3. (verb) to develop, form (an idea, etc.) - when used with words like whakaaro and mahara.
Ka taka te whakaaro i ngā tāngata rā kia nohoia mai i tahaki ki te tauwhanga i ngā tāngata i tārai nei i tō rātou waka (NM 1926:43). / Those men formed the idea to remain to one side to lie in wait for the people who had fashioned their canoe.
tākai
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to wrap up, wrap round, wind round.
Ka tākaingia ngā koha mā ngā tamariki ki te pepa muramura (HJ 2012:285). / The gifts for the children were wrapped up with bright paper.
See also takai
2. (noun) covering, bandage, wrapper, packaging.
See also takai
Synonyms: mara kaka mā, karukaru, takai, tākaikai
3. (noun) small ostrich foot, Struthiolaria vermis - a spindle-shaped univalve that lives just beneath the surface of tidal flats and off sandy beaches along open coasts to depths of 90 m. The shell is yellow-brown.
See also takai
takai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to wrap up, wrap round, wind round.
I whānau anō au i te taha o te ākau, ā, i whiua atu au e koe ki te hukahuka o te tai, ā, he mea takai ahau e koe ki roto ki tōu tikitiki (NM 1928:6). / I was indeed born beside the coast and you threw me into the foam of the sea and you wrapped me in your topknot.
2. (noun) covering, bandage, wrapper, packaging, parcel.
Ka kitea e tētahi kōtiro tētahi takai e takoto ana i runga i te huarahi haerenga waka (TPH 12/8/1905:4) / A girl found a parcel lying on the road.
Synonyms: mara kaka mā, karukaru, tākaikai, tākai, mōkī, pāhara, pūhera, pōrukuruku
3. (noun) small ostrich foot, Struthiolaria vermis - a spindle-shaped univalve that lives just beneath the surface of tidal flats and off sandy beaches along open coasts to depths of 90 m. The shell is yellow-brown.
2. (noun) heap.
Me huihui ā tātou kūmara kia kotahi te taka (W 1971:366). / Gather our kūmara into one heap.
3. (noun) group (of people).
