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tahaki

1. (location) the side, aside, to one side - a location word, or locative, which follows immediately after particles such as ki, i, hei and kei or is preceded by a when used as the subject of the sentence.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 121;)

Ka haere te pouaru ki tahaki tangi ai. / The widower moved to one side to cry.

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See also rahaki


2. (location) the shore, the river bank (from the water).

Kātahi ka tarapeke ki tahaki o te kohatu, tū noa mai i runga i te kōhatu i tahaki o te wai, ko tērā hoki i noho rā ia i te tuatahi, kei waenganui o te wai e tū ana (JPS 1896:166). / He then sprung away from the rock, and stood on another rock at the brink of the river, that which he occupied at first stood in the middle of the water.

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Synonyms: tapātai, uta, matāwhanga, ākau, takutai

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