tārai
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to fashion, shape, sculpt, dress - especially of working timber with an adze.
He wāhi tērā ka wāwāhitia ngā rākau, ka poroporoa pea, kātahi ka tāraitia hai rākau mō ngā taha o tō mātau whare (HP 1991:12). / That was a place where the trees were split and probably cut into lengths, then dressed as timber for the sides of our house.
Synonyms: whakairo, āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārei, hanga, āhua
