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patiko

1. (modifier) headlong, in haste, hastily, hurriedly, helter-skelter.

I te taenga mai o Rāpata me tana ope o Te Aowera, ka tino mate rawa ngā Hauhau, ka whakarērea tō rātau pā i Tahutahupō ka rere patiko ki Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (TTR 1990:123). / With the arrival of Rāpata and his Te Aowera party, the Hauhau were decisively defeated. They abandoned the pā at Tahutahupō and hastily fled to Poverty Bay.

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2. (noun) haste, rush, hurry.

Kāti, e mōhio ana mātou kāorei tika kia kimihia mai he kupu i runga i te patiko engari ia me āta noho kē ka whiriwhiri, ka tohetohe, kātahi anō ka whakatau (HM 4/1992:1). / Well, we know that it's not appropriate to seek words in haste but we should sit down and carefully select, debate and then finally decide.

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Synonyms: oioi, rei, rere tārewa, whakatūkawikawi, tuoma, teretere, hīrere, rere, tūpou, takaniti, takawhiti, wakewake

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