maruatata
1. (verb) to be near, close by.
Maruatata mai nei te tuangahurutanga o te tau mai i te uakitanga o te waka o Te Panekiretanga o Te Reo (Kāretu 2016). / It is nearly a decade since the launch of the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language.
See also tata
Synonyms: marutata, kātata, whātata, pātata, taitata, tātata, āwhiwhi, pahaki
