2. (noun) speediness, swiftness, quickness.
He topatahi, toparua, topa pū, taitapa ngā tūranga tākaro o Mōnita, ā, kātahi kē nei te ātaahua, te parahutihuti me te tautika ōna ki te oma (TTR 2000:54). / The positions Mōnita played were at first five-eighth, second five-eighth, centre and wing, and how beautiful, fast and straight he ran.
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