porotaka
1. (modifier) round (in shape), circular.
He mea porotaka nui whakahara te Ao nei; ehara i te mea tino porotaka rawa, nō te mea e āhua papatahi ana ngā pito (TWMNT 5/6/1877:143). / The Earth is round, but it's not as if it's exactly round because the poles are somewhat flat.
Synonyms: porotakataka
2. (noun) circle.
Ko ngā mea hei whakaako i ngā kanohi, he mea porotaka kara, he mea porowhā, he pirepire me ērā atu mea (TP 1/1906:2). / The things to train the eyes are coloured circles, squares, tablets and other such things.
3. (noun) roundness.
Kotahi anō te rā me te pō o tērā wāhi ka huri te tau, e ono marama e pōuri ana, e ono marama e mārama ana. I pēnei ai nā te porotaka o te Ao (TP 4/1903:3). / There is just one day and night in that place over a year, for six months it's dark and for six months it's light. It's like that because of the roundness of the Earth.
