takatū
1. (verb) to prepare, get ready (used only of people getting ready), make ready.
E takatū ana mātau ki te hoko mai i ngā Māori i ngā huarākau katoa, arā, paramu, tere, pea, pītiti, āporo, kuini, wāina, me ērā atu tini huarākau (TJ 18/1/1898:9). / We are preparing to buy from Māori all kinds of fruit, that is, plums, cherries, pears, peaches, apples, quinces, grapes and the many other kinds of fruit.
Synonyms: whakareri, takataka, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, rāwekeweke, tītakataka, raweke, rahurahu, whakaute, whakatau, whakatikatika
2. (modifier) prepared, ready (of people).
E 6,000,000 ngā hōia a Rūhia kua noho takatū ināianei mō te haere ki te whawhai (TKO 9/1914:8). / There are 6,000,000 Russian soldiers sitting prepared now to go and fight.
3. (noun) preparations.
Kua tīmata te takatū o Nui Tīreni (TTT 1/10/1922:2). / Aotearoa/New Zealand's preparations have begun.
Synonyms: whakariterite, whakariteritenga
