1. (verb) (-tia) to acquire without payment.
Ka tatari kau te tangata i te taonga, kia utua mai, ā, kāore e utua, ka mea, "Kua kaihautia taku taonga." (W 1971:87). / The man waited for the goods to be paid for, but when he wasn't recompensed he said, "My property has been acquired without payment."
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
