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tārei

1. (verb) (-a) to fashion, shape.

Ka tāreia kia iti, kia kotahi inihi me te koata pea te mātotoru o waenganui, ā kia toru koata inihi pea ngā pito, ka waruhia kia pai, kia maene, kia tika hoki, ā, kātahi ka mahia he tarakāniwha (JPS 1895:134). / It's fashioned so that it's small, about one and a quarter inches thick in the middle and approximately three quarters of an inch near the ends, then scraped nicely to be quite smooth and straight, and then fitted with a barb.

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Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārai, hanga, āhua

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