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takere

1. (verb) to be partly filled.

Tae rawa mai ki a au, kua āhua takere kē te wai o roto o te tāpu (HP 1991:52). / When my turn eventually arrived the water in the bath was only partly full.

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Synonyms: papanga


2. (noun) bottom.

Kia roa e takoto ana te wai paruparu, kua kōratarata, kua noho mai ngā waipara ki te takere (PK 2008:1051). / When dirty water has been lying for a long time it clears and the sediment settles at the bottom.

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3. (noun) seabed, riverbed, lake bed, channel (especially of the sea, rivers and lakes).

Kei ngā takere me ngā tahatika o ngā awa ngā toka pounamu (Te Ara 2013). / The greenstone boulders are in the bottom and the banks of the rivers.

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Synonyms: papamoana, kaupapa o te moana, parumoana, kūkūpango, whaiawa, whakatakere


4. (noun) hull (of a canoe).

He mea tono e ia kia haria mai i Tūākau te takere o te waka taua tawhito nei, o Te Winika, ki Tūrangawaewae (TTR 1998:143). / She had the hull of an old war canoe, Te Winika, brought from Tuakau to Tūrangawaewae.

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See also tangere

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