1. (noun) medium of communication with a spirit, a type of karakia.
E kīia ana ko te tohunga tērā i tae ai a Hikatamure, ki te kimi i te karakia e kīia nei he matataketake (M 2004:388). / It is said that that was the tohunga to whom Hikatamure went to search for the ritual chant known as matataketake.
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