2. (modifier) roundabout, circuitous.
Kaua e whāia te ara autaki, kei tae tōmuri tāua (PK 2008:48). / Don't follow the roundabout route or we'll arrive late.
Synonyms: kopipio, āwheo, āwhio, porowhawhe, potapotae, takaāwhio, takawhawhe
3. (modifier) wordy, prosy, long-winded, loquacious, verbose, rambling.
He kupu autaki te whaikōrero a te auataia rā. / That fellows speech is long-winded.
Synonyms: āmiki, hautete, pukukōrero, whakapūkahu, tātākī, kōtetetete, parure, ikimoke, karore, kāwekaweka, pikopiko, kaipāwe
4. (noun) detour, diversion, roundabout route, indirect course.
I a Eruera e whakamātau ana ki te mahi pāmu i ētahi maramara whenua e rua, he mea tuku mai ki a ia e ōna mātua whāngai rātau ko ōna mātua ake, ā, i tua atu i tēnā, ko āna mahi anō he kari wāra, he hanga huarahi, he autaki atu hoki i te rere o ngā wai o ngā repo o Rangitāiki mā te kāwanatanga (TTR 2000:118). / While Eruera was trying to establish his own farm on two pieces of land inherited from his foster and birth parents, he also worked for the government on digging drains, building roads and diverting the water flow of the Rangitāiki swamps.
