taha
1. (verb) to pass by.
Kua taha ngā rā i hao ai i te ika o te moana, o te wai māori (TP 1/1/1901:6). / The days have passed to net the fish of the ocean and fresh water.
Synonyms: hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, pahure, pahemo, numi, tāhapa, tohipa, kopa, kape, whakatipi, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi
2. (noun) side, margin, edge, bank (of a river), beside.
Ka ahiahi ka kite rāua i tētahi tohorā, ko te upoko i mā, e mānu haere ana i te taha o tō rāua poti, mōhio tonu ake rāua he raiti wēra (TP 10/1902:10). / When it was evening they saw a whale and its head was white and it was floating along beside their boat, so they knew that it was a right whale.
Synonyms: tahataha, taitapa, tapa, whaitua, tāhapa, paenga, tapa
3. (noun) part, portion, section.
Kātahi ka kōwhakina tētehi wāhi o tōna kōhatu kiripaka - ko tētehi taha i mahue atu i Moehau (JPS 1893:224). / He then broke off a portion of his flint-stone - the other portion was left at Moehau.
Synonyms: pīhi, maramara, tiri, tūtanga, hea, wae, kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wāhanga, wawae, kōwai, tūāporo, tekihana, tekiona, wehenga, whiti, rārangi
