takai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to wrap up, wrap round, wind round.
I whānau anō au i te taha o te ākau, ā, i whiua atu au e koe ki te hukahuka o te tai, ā, he mea takai ahau e koe ki roto ki tōu tikitiki (NM 1928:6). / I was indeed born beside the coast and you threw me into the foam of the sea and you wrapped me in your topknot.
2. (noun) covering, bandage, wrapper, packaging, parcel.
Ka kitea e tētahi kōtiro tētahi takai e takoto ana i runga i te huarahi haerenga waka (TPH 12/8/1905:4) / A girl found a parcel lying on the road.
Synonyms: mara kaka mā, karukaru, tākaikai, tākai, mōkī, pāhara, pūhera, pōrukuruku
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.
