kō tata mai
1. (particle) a little this side, just this side.
I te pakanga o Te Kakara, i kō tata mai i te roto o Taharoa, ko Te Pēhi tētahi o ngā rangatira tokowhā o Ngāti Toa, he pū tāna (TTR 1990:246). / At the battle of Te Kakara, near Lake Taharoa, Te Pehi was one of four Ngāti Toa chiefs armed with a musket.