pātata
1. (verb) to be near, close, adjacent, adjoining, nearby, neighbouring.
I whānau au ki Nūhaka, Hāki Pei, i te 10 o ngā rā o Maramarima, tau 1904, i tō mātau kāinga e pātata atu ana ki te awa o Nūhaka (HP 1991:12). / I was born at Nūhaka, Hawkes Bay, on the 10th May, 1904, at our home close to the Nūhaka River.
Synonyms: tata, kō tata tonu atu, tūtata, tātata, maruatata, pahaki, āwhiwhi, marutata, kātata, whātata, taitata
2. (noun) nearness, closeness, proximity, vicinity.
Nā te pātata o te ngahere, o ngā puke hiwi ki ngā wāhi noho o te tini, i kaingākau te iwi ki te hīkoikoi i ngā rohe tāpui ā-motu, i te ngāhere whānui tonu (Te Ara 2016). / Because of the proximity of forest and hills to the places where the major population live, people like walking in national and forest parks.
