tahito
1. (verb) to be old, ancient, primeval, out of date - not used for people in classical Māori.
Ka kitea e taua komiti, kua tahito kē ngā rārangi ingoa mō ngā reiti, kua hē noa hoki, me te aro kore noa atu hoki ki ngā wawaetanga o ngā poraka (TTR 1998:234). / That committee discovered that the rating rolls were out of date, inaccurate, and had taken no account of subdivisions of blocks.
See also tawhito
Synonyms: tuaukiuki, koroua, mātāpuputu, waikauere, korokoroua, tawhito, tūpakeke, kaumātua, tūārangi, aweko, ahungarua, pūkeko
2. (modifier) ancient, very old.
Otirā, he itiiti nei ngā mokamoka whenua me te urupā tahito o Aratia i mahue mai ki te whānau (TTR 1996:68). / But only a few small parcels of land and the ancient cemetery, Aratia, remained with the family.
See also tawhito
