1. (verb) to move about in an aimless way, mill about, mill around.
Ka whakatairangi ngā tamariki i mua i te kura, e tatari ana kia tae atu ō rātau kaiako (Ng 1993:278). / The children milled about in front of the school waiting for their teachers to arrive (Ng 1993:278).
Synonyms: popō
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.
