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tātakimōri

1. (verb) to be small, insignificant, little, minute, trivial.

Kāore i tātakimōri mai te haerenga o tā rātou waea, kei Kākāriki te whare tīnitanga (TP 1/1908:3). / The coming of the telephone is not insignificant, the exchange is at Kākāriki.

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2. (modifier) small, insignificant, little, minute, trivial.

Kua mutu i nāianei te hoko huna i te whenua mō te utu tātakimōrī noa iho (TTR 1994:13). / The secretive purchasing of land for quite trivial prices had now ended.

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Synonyms: mataririki, mōkitokito, matariki, pota, pakupaku, nonohi, riki, nohinohi, paku, kauriki, koroiti, mākari, iti, poniponi, pinepine, tuaiti, whengowhengo, whetau, whito, muimui, mahake

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