tatau pitomata
1. (noun) emergent counting.
I tēnei momo tatau, i te tatau pitomata, kāore te tamaiti e hono i te tau kotahi ki te mea kotahi e tatauria ana. Ko te whakahua noa iho i ngā kupu tau, engari kāore anō kia mau te tikanga o te tatau pānga tahi (TRP 2010:267). / In this type of counting, emergent counting, the child does not connect each number with an object as it is being counted. The child knows the number names but cannot count one number for one object (TRP 2010:267).