taiāwhiotanga
1. (noun) encirclement.
Ā kia tokowhitu ngā tohunga e mau i ngā tētere hāona hipi e whitu ki mua i te āka; ā i te whitu o ngā rā me taiāwhio e koutou te pā, kia whitu ngā taiāwhiotanga, ā me whakatangi e ngā tohunga ngā tētere (PT Hohua 6:4). / And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
2. (noun) circumference.
Te nui o te taiāwhiotanga o te whenua e 25,000 māero (TP 1/12/1901:9). / The size of the circumference of the earth is 25,000 miles.
