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taku

1. (verb) to skirt around.

Ka tae ki tētahi wāhi, e haere ana te kōtare, ka kīia e Tamatea, "Taku wao ana te haere o te manu nei!" / On reaching one place, a kingfisher was flying along and it was spoken about by Tamatea, "The kingfisher is skirting around the forest!"

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2. (noun) edge, border, rim.

Ka whakatakotoria he ponga kia ūngutungutu, huri katoa i tana māra, koia hei taku mō te māra (PK 2008:838). / Ponga trunks were laid end to end right around her garden as a border for it.

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Synonyms: tapa, niao

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