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tāke

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to stack.

Ka kī te taraka, ka mauria ngā pēre hei, ka tāketia ki raro i tētahi whare motuhake, kia kore ai e mākū i te ua (HW 1969:61). / When the truck was full the hay bales were taken and stacked in a separate building so that they wouldn't become wet from the rain.

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2. (loan) (noun) stack, haystack.

I ngaro ngā tāke ōti karaihe me ngā pōhi e whā rau (TP 4/1904:9). / Stacks of oat grass and 400 posts were lost.

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