whātau
1. (verb) (-a) to measure.
I tūtaki ia ki ētehi o ngā tohunga tikanga tangata o Peretānia, ā, i inoia e ia he taputapu mai i a rātou hei whātau i ngā āhuatanga ā-tinana o ngā hōia o te Rōpū Paionia, i a rātou e hoki mai ana i te whawhai ki te kāinga (TTR 1996:14). / He met several leading British anthropologists and from them borrowed instruments which he used to measure the physical features of the men of the Pioneer Battalion, who were returning home from the war.
Synonyms: ine, mehua, tātai, mēhua, meiha, rūri, whakatātūtū