pātakitaki
1. (noun) boundary, division, enclosure.
Nō te taenga ki te roro o te whare, kua kite tonu atu i te pātakitaki kōhatu i te urunga tapu o Kahu. Peke tonu a Ihenga ki runga i te urunga i roto i te pātakitaki (JPS 1893:270). / On arriving at the verandah of the house, they saw inside the stone enclosure where the sacred pillow of Kahu was. Ihenga at once jumped on to the pillow in the enclosure.
2. (noun) screen, breakwind, shelter, containing barrier.
Ki taku rongo ko taua kōhatu he pātakitaki nō te nohoanga o Te Tomotu (JPS 1911:186). / I have heard that that stone was a shelter of the place where Te Tomotu sat.
Synonyms: ruruhau, taumaru, pāruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, piringa, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, whakamaurutanga, pākai riri, araarai, tītopa, pekerangi, ārei, pātū, pāhoka, pāhokahoka, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, tauārai, mata, pā, ārai, rīanga, takitaki, pākai
