2. (noun) chief, head, leader - a figurative term especially for a chief who protects his people.
Ko te manu taupua e patua i te kāinga; ko te manu kairākau ia e patua ki wāhi kē (TTT 1/12/1929:1940). / The sentry chief will be killed at home; but the warrior chief will be killed elsewhere. (A whakataukī.)
Synonyms: kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū
