takatū
1. (verb) to prepare, get ready (used only of people getting ready), make ready.
E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā huarākau katoa, arā, paramu, tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini huarākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are preparing to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plums, cherries, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.
Synonyms: whakareri, takataka, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu, whakaute, whakatau, whakatikatika
2. (modifier) prepared, ready (of people).
E 6,000,000 ngā hōia a Rūhia kua noho takatū ināianei mō te haere ki te whawhai (TKO 9/1914:8). / There are 6,000,000 Russian soldiers sitting prepared now to go and fight.
3. (noun) preparations.
Kua tīmata te takatū o Nui Tīreni (TTT 1/10/1922:2). / Aotearoa/New Zealand's preparations have begun.
Synonyms: whakariterite, whakariteritenga
takatū atamira
1. (noun) stagecraft.
Ko te takatū atamira ngā mahi o muri hei whakatū i tētahi whakaaturanga ki te atamira, pērā i te hanga me te whakarite i ngā taputapu, ngā tuarongo o te atamira, ngā rama, ngā kākahu, te pani kanohi, ngā oro, waihoki ko te whakahaere i ēnei āhuatanga i te wā o te whakaaturanga (RMR 2017). / Stagecraft is the background work required to bring a production to the stage, such as building and arranging the props and backdrops for the stage, the lighting, costumes, make-up and sound, as well as the management of these things at the time of the production (RMR 2017).
