Tāke
1. (loan) (location) Turkey - a country composed of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and an enclave in south-east Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
Kāhore he rūnanga o ngā tau o mua i pēnei te tikanga o tōna mana me te rūnanga kīngi, kua rūnanga i ēnei rā, hei whakawā mō te mea a Tāke rāua ko Rūhia (TW 22/6/1878:310). / Never before has such a prestigious assembly met as this assembly of kings meeting in these days to judge the matter between Turkey and Russia.
2. (loan) (noun) Turk.
Kua mea a Ingarangi, māna mā Ingarangi e mahi ngā mahi Kāwana-tanga mō Tāke, i te takiwā ki Ēhia Maina, ā kia waiho ko ngā takiwā ki Ēhia nui, hei mahi mā te Kīngi o ngā Tāke (TW 20/7/1878:360). / England says that she, England, will administer the district at Asia Minor for Turkey and will leave the districts in Asia proper for the King of the Turks to administer.
See also Tākei
