tākai
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to wrap up, wrap round, wind round.
Ka tākaingia ngā koha mā ngā tamariki ki te pepa muramura (HJ 2012:285). / The gifts for the children were wrapped up with bright paper.
See also takai
2. (noun) covering, bandage, wrapper, packaging.
See also takai
Synonyms: mara kaka mā, karukaru, takai, tākaikai
3. (noun) small ostrich foot, Struthiolaria vermis - a spindle-shaped univalve that lives just beneath the surface of tidal flats and off sandy beaches along open coasts to depths of 90 m. The shell is yellow-brown.
See also takai
