tākiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to pull out, pull up, untie, loosen, unfurl.
Ka mea atu a Tama ki ngā kaimahi o runga o tōna waka, "Hūtia te punga, tākiritia hoki ngā rā." (NM 1928:60). / Tama said to the crew on his canoe, "Raise the anchor and unfurl the sails."
Synonyms: whakamatara, tangatanga, maunu, whakakaewa, whakatangatanga, hangoro, whakakorokoro, whakangoru, tākōkō, unu, kōwhiti, kume, whakatahi, unuunu, kohika, huhuti, huti, hutihuti, heu, kounu, auru, paunu, kōhiti, whakatū, koko
2. (verb) (-tia) to spread out (food), open receptacles containing food.
Tākiritia rā he kai mā te ope taua (W 1971:372). / Spread out some food for the war party to eat.
3. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to strike, deeply affect the emotions, move.
Ka tākiritia atu he māti, kua kā te raiti (HP 1991:17). / A match is struck and the light burns.
Synonyms: whakangāueue, rangaranga, takataka, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, kaneke, ngatete, kori, koni, korikori, neke, paheke, panuku, whakakorikori, mū, konikoni, hūnuku, tīkape, onioni, oreore, kareu
4. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to flick, crack.
Kaua tātau e tangiweto mō te katoa o te wā, ko tā tātau kē he tākiri i ā tātau wepu ki te hunga e hē nei te whakatakoto i te kupu (Kāretu 2015). / Let's not cry all the time, what we should do is crack our whips at the people who are making grammatical errors.
5. (verb) (-tia) to snare - with a noose.
Ka ora karikari aruhe, ka mate tākiri kākā (JPS 1902:70). / The digger of fern-root lives well, but the kākā snarer will have difficulties. (A whakataukī referring to the need for an occupation that brings in a reliable source of livelihood. Digging fern-root provided a regular source of ordinary food as opposed to the seasonal and less reliable supply of delicacies such as kākā.)
6. (verb) to dawn - usually tākiri te ata.
Ka whano ka tākiri te ata, ka puke mai tētahi ngaru nui, ka taupokina taua iwi, ngaro katoa - neke atu i te rua mano taua iwi (JPS 1901:71). / When morning had nearly dawned, a great wave rose up and completely overwhelmed that tribe, more than two thousand of them.
7. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to fly back (as a spring).
Ka tākiritia atu he māti, kua kā te raiti (HP 1991:17). / A match is struck and the light burns.
8. (noun) convulsive twitching.
Mehemea ka kino te tākiri, he tāmaki tēnā (W 1971:376). / If the convulsive twitching is bad, that's an omen.
