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āraitanga

1. (noun) blockade, obstruction.

Nō te āraitanga i te pā o Te Koutu, ka tahuri te Hauhau ki te hanga maioro mō te pā o Puraku e tata ana ki Te Tarukenga (TTR 1990:158). / When they were blocked at Te Koutu pā, the Hauhau built fortifications for Puraku pā near Tarukenga.

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Synonyms: tairo, taunahua, taupā, tauārai

2. (noun) eclipse.

Mēnā e noho ana te rā, a Papatūānuku me te marama ki tētahi rārangi torotika, kātahi ka hua mai he āraitanga (RP 2009:171). / If the sun, the Earth and the moon lie in a straight line, then an eclipse is the result.

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