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tatari

1. (verb) (tāria) to wait for, await.

He mōhio ia he pai ake te tau humi hei whakapakeke uri, nō reira ka tatari kia matomato rā anō te tupu o te kai, ā, hei reira tahuri ai ki te whakaipoipo (HM 4/1998:4). / She knows that a year of abundance is better to raise offspring, so she waits until the food is growing vigorously before turning to courtship.

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See also tāria


2. (noun) waiting.

Ka huna ngā tāngata me te tatari kia puta tā rātou tangata (NIT 1995:215). / The people hid and waited until their man appeared.

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tātari

1. (verb) (-tia) to strain, filter, sift, sift through, sort out, measure out, analyse.

Ko te wairuatoa tērā engari ko te waimarie i mau i a rātou ō rātou tīpuna e kōrero ana, e waiata ana ki te rīpene me te ataata, ā, mā te āta tātari pea i ērā ka paku pahawa tētahi punua ora nei (HM 3/1998). / That's unlucky but the fortunate thing is that they captured their ancestors talking on tape and video and by carefully sifting through those perhaps some small benefit will be gained.

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Synonyms: tīeke, hītaritari


2. (noun) filter, strainer, sieve, colander.

Synonyms: hītaritari, hītari


3. (noun) analysis.

Ka taea anō e te kaumoana te rapu whenua mā te tātai whetū, te tātari i ngā tae o ngā kapua, te heke o ngā ngaru (Te Ara 2013). / Mariners could also find land by reading the stars, the analysis of the colours of clouds, and the pattern of waves.

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wē tātari

1. (noun) filtrate.

Ko te mahi a te pepa tātari he pupuri i te totoka tārewa kia kore ai e puta, engari ka puta tonu atu te wē. Ka kīia tēnei ko te wē tātari (RP 2009:389). / The purpose of the filter paper is to not allow the suspended solid to pass through, only the liquid is able to pass through. This is called the filtrate.

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tātari kaute

1. (loan) (noun) audit.

I oti te tātari kaute i te 2 o Whiringa-ā-rangi, ā, koinā te rā o tā matou whakaae kei te tika te pūrongo kaute (Te Taura Whiri 2009). / The audit was completed on 2 November and that was the day of our acceptance that the audit report was correct.

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pūarero tātari

1. (noun) filter funnel.

tātari kaute

1. (transitive verb) audit.

tātari tākihi

1. (noun) renal dialysis.

tātari toto

1. (noun) haemodialysis.

tātari whanonga

1. (noun) behaviour analysis.

wai tātari

1. (noun) filtrate.

pepa tātari

1. (loan) (noun) filter paper.

tātari aho

1. (noun) light filter.

tātari tae

1. (noun) colour filter.

tātari kano

1. (noun) colour filter.

Mā te whakamau i te tātari kano ki te tūrama ka rerekē te tae o te aho (RMR 2017). / By attaching a colour filter to the lighting the colour of the light will be different.

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kōrere tātari

1. (noun) filter funnel.

pūrere tātari

1. (noun) dialysis machine.

tātari whakatakotoranga reo

1. discourse analysis.

mahere tātari kaute

1. (noun) audit trail.

ngaki-tatari

1. wait patiently.

tatari-kume-ā-papa

1. (noun) gravimetric analysis.

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