takataka
1. (verb) to make ready, prepare.
Kaua e waiho roa te whenua, me takataka tonu te rakaraka i runga hei whakangāwari, hei patu i ngā taru (TTT 1/10/1922:5). / Don't leave the land too long, the harrow must be made ready to soften it and to kill the weeds.
Synonyms: whakareri, takatū, rahurahu, raweke, whakaute, whakatau, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka
