1. (noun) adopted child, foster child.
Waimarie i pahika ia, engari ko tana wahine ko Te Uamairangi, me tā rāua tamaiti taurima, ko Te Kakapi, i mau hereheretia (TTR 1990:330). / He was lucky and escaped, but his wife, Te Uamairangi, and their adopted child, Te Kakapi, were captured.
See also taurima
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