1. (verb) to wander, roam, turn aside.
Ki te tūtaki koe ki te kau a tōu hoariri, ki tana kāihe rānei, e atiti noa ana, me āta whakahoki e koe ki a ia (PT Ekoruhe 23:4). / If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Synonyms: tahawhenua, maewa, kaea, kaipaoe, kōkewa, āmio, hāereere, ātiutiu, amio, kaewa, hākoke, kāewaewa, ngau, whēkoi, kaipāwe
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