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whakataka

1. (verb) (-ia) to turn, deviate, divert.

Whakataka tō hau ki te tonga kia mākinakina i uta, kia mātaratara i tai (W 1971:190). / Divert your wind to the south so that it is intensely cold inland and piercingly cold at sea.

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2. (verb) to take a circuitous route.

E haere ana rātou, inamata e whakataka ana te ara konihi a Te Puhi-huia rātou ko ngā hoa (NM 1928:143). / They are going, but immediately Te Puhi-huia and her companions take a circuitous route along a path avoiding observation.

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3. (verb) (-ia) to surround, encircle.

Kātahi te hokowhitu rā ka whakataka i taua whare (NM 1928:34). / Then that war-party surrounded the house.

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