2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ia,-ngia,-tia) to roll together, entangle.
I whānau anō au i te taha o te ākau, ā, i whiua atu au e koe ki te hukahuka o te tai, ā, he mea takai ahau e koe ki roto ki tōu tikitiki, ā, he mea apoapo ahau e te rimu, takai atu, takai mai (NM 1928:6). / I was indeed born beside the coast and you threw me into the foam of the sea and you wrapped me in your topknot, and I was enveloped by the seaweed, wrapping me this way and that.