2. (modifier) sloping, running downwards, descending.
Ko te kaha o te hoe me te kaha o te ngaru ki te karawhiu i te mahi nei, i te waka taua ki uta. Tino rerenga i roto i te tini o te tangeta e tū mai rā i roto i te wai, anana! Me he ia taiheke e aki ana ki te tahatika (JPS 1893:46). / Between the strength of the paddles and the force of the waves, the canoes were quickly rushed ashore. They flew in amongst the masses of men standing in the water. Ah, it was like the descending current dashing on the coast.
3. (noun) slope, rapids (in a river).
I ngā tau tōmua o ngā rau tau 1800–1899, nā Te Peehi i patu tētahi marau i te taiheke o te au-tapu i te awa o Whanganui (TTR 1990:380). / At the beginning of the nineteenth century Te Peehi defeated a war party raiding down the rapids of the sacred current of the Whanganui River.