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.
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.
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.
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.
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.