tuakaihau
1. (location) the distance, distant, out of sight.
Ka hiki te kura ā muri tonu o te kai o te ata, ā te Paraire te 22 o Kohi-tātea, kia roa ai te wā ki te hunga haere mai i tuakaihau (HM 4/1992:1). / The educational gathering will end after breakfast on Friday, 22 January, so that there is plenty of time for the people who come from a distance.
Synonyms: makaro, ngaro, henumi, tārekoreko
2. (noun) distance.
Huri noa, huri noa i te tuakaihau, he maunga, he pae maunga, he matuaiwi (HM 2/2009:10). / In all directions in the distance were mountains, mountain ranges and rows of hills.
