2. (verb) to die, pass away, pass on.
Haere rā, e Hana e, ka tāwhati koe (TWMNT 6/10/1874:251). / Farewell, Hana, you have passed on.
3. (modifier) sloping.
He ngahere ngā tahataha o te awa, tae tonu iho ki te taha o te wai. Ko te whenua i tahaki atu he whenua tāwhati, he pukepuke hoki, hakahaka nei (TWMNT 10/5/1874:110). / The banks of the river are covered with forest down to the edge of the water. The adjacent country is sloping, undulating and low-lying.
