tākerekere
1. (modifier) directly descended.
He uri tākerekere mai a Mākere Rangiātea Ralph Love i ngā rangatira o Ngāti Te Whiti me Ngāti Tāwhirikura i a rātou nei te mana o Pito-one, o Ngāūranga me Te One-i-Haukawakawa (TTR 2000:107). / Mākere Rangiātea Ralph Love was a direct descendant of Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura chiefs who controlled Petone, Ngāūranga and Thorndon.
2. (noun) direct descendant.
Nā rātou anake ngā tākerekere a Tūhawaiki e mōhiotia ana i tēnei rā (TTR 1990:367). / They are the only direct descendants of Tūhawaiki known today.
3. (noun) thread to lash the bait to a fish-hook.
