pokatata
1. (verb) to take a short cut, go by a direct route - sometimes as two words, i.e. poka tata.
Ko te ara mō taua rori kei a mātou ko tōku iwi e mōhio ana, he ara tika tonu pokatata tonu i te whenua mānia (TWMNT 22/5/1877:132). / I and my tribe know the route for that road and it goes straight through flat land.
2. (modifier) shortcut, by a direct route.
Ko Tiki i haere mā te huarahi pokatata (JPS 1952:189). / Tiki went by the direct route.
