taki- Play
1. (verb) to go in a group of (with the number added).
Kia takitoru mai ngā hipi. / Let the sheep come in threes.
2. (modifier) in a group of - a prefix giving numbers a distributive force. Used before numbers 1 to 9, mano and tini. Usually follows a verb to indicate the size of the group. If the verb is in the passive the number will take the passive ending -tia.
I haere takirua rātou. / They went in pairs.
(Te Pihinga
Textbook (Ed. 2):
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3. (verb) to multiply (by so many times), repeat (so many times) - in this use the word created can be used in the passive.
E takiruatia ana te nuinga ake o te whānautanga tamariki o Ingarani i tō Wīwī (TWMNT 23/3/1875:68). / The English rate of births is double that of the French.
