taketake
1. (verb) to be long-established, original, ancient, own, lasting, aboriginal, native, indigenous, through-and-through, dyed-in-the-wool.
Taketake ake tēnei tangata a Te Rangiotū, nō Rangitāne, nō Ngāti Rangitepaia (TTR 1990:280). / This man, Te Rangiotū, was of Rangitāne and Ngāti Rangitepaia through-and-through.
2. (modifier) long-established, original, ancient, own, lasting, aboriginal, native, indigenous.
Anei te reo Pākehā me tōna huhua o te kupu, engari kāore i paku kainamu atu te mātau o te hunga taketake ake nō rātou taua reo ki aua kupu katoa rā (HM 4/2009:3). / Here is the English language with its multitude of words, but native speakers of that language do not know anywhere near all the words of their language.
See also rongo taketake
Synonyms: toi, māori, ake, tūturu, karioi, whakauka, mau, ukiuki, tipu, anō, tō, tupu
3. (modifier) endemic - found only in a particular place or country.
Ko ētahi rauropi pērā i te tūī, nō Aotearoa anake, kāore e kitea i whenua kē, ā, ka kīia he momo taketake ēnei (RP 2009:291). / Some organisms, such as the tūī, are only from New Zealand, they're are not found in other countries, and these are called endemic species.
4. (modifier) permanently.
Kīhai i mahue taketake i a Wiremu a Waireia me te rae o Rangi, ā, he hokihoki tonu tana mahi ki tōna kāinga me tōna whānau i Te Hokianga (TTR 1996:168). / Wiremu never left Waireia and Rangi Point permanently, because his work continually brought him back to his home and extended family at Hokianga.
Synonyms: whakapūmau
5. (modifier) certain, on good authority.
Kātahi mātou ka rongo taketake ki ngā kōrero mō te matenga o ngā tāngata o Tūranga (W 1971:370). / We have just heard on good authority the news about the defeat of the people of Gisborne
6. (noun) base, foot.
Ka tata mai te waka o te tāne ki te taketake o te toka e noho rā te tamāhine i runga (TP 4/1909:11). / The husband's canoe approached the base of the rock on which the girl was sitting.
