1. (verb) (-ia) to urge on, hasten, press on, persist, exhort, encourage.
Synonyms: tākare, whakatorotoro, kūtete, tautotohe, hohota, tohe, whaiwhairoroa, tohetohe, takakawe, tautohetohe, tautohe
2. (noun) strands.
Ko ngā hotahota o te whītau, tapahia! (TWK 19:45). / The strands of the harakeke fibre, cut them!
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
