tātāmi
1. (verb) to press down, suppress, repress, squash, quash, smother, oppress, crush.
Kāhore rawa nei te Atua i āhuareka ki te tangata kia mate, engari tērā kē tāna i pai ai, ko te tangata kia wātea i te hara e tātami nei i a ia, kia tutuki hoki ki te ora (TKO 6/1915:3). / God takes no pleasure in a person being killed, but what God likes is for a person to be free of the sin that oppresses a person so that one is saved.
See also tāmi
Synonyms: whakakorekore, whakakore, whākorekore, pēhipēhi, kaupēhi, koropehu, whakakōmau, tāmoe, aupēhi, nonope, whakawhiu, where, kaupēhipēhi, tāmi, pēhi, whakapēhi
