1. (noun) floor space and corner on the left on entering a wharenui - normally the place where the local people of the marae sit or sleep.
Ka tomo atu a Māhinārangi tika tonu ki te kopa iti i te taha mauī o taua whare, ka noho atu ki te taha o tōna matua (TAH 3:20). / Māhinārangi entered and went straight to the front left-hand corner of the house and sat down beside her father.
See also tara iti
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