taumātakitahi
1. (verb) (-tia) to select a champion for each competitive side, engage in single combat.
Ka taumātakitahi a Te Wherowhero me tana kō ki ngā rangatira o te hoariri (TTR 1990:341). / Te Wherowhero then fought a number of enemy chiefs in single combat, armed only with his kō (digging implement).
2. (modifier) single combat, hand-to-hand (fighting).
Nā tana toki ka hinga a Tatakahuanui i Waituna i te tau 1806 pea, ka waiho tērā riri taumātakitahi hei kōrero mā te tini mā te mano (TTR 1990:107). / It was probably in 1806 that he killed Tatakahuanui with his adze at Waituna and that hand-to-hand fighting became famous.
See also riri taumātakitahi
3. (noun) single combat.
Synonyms: riri taumātakitahi
