tatari
1. (verb) (tāria) to wait for, await.
He mōhio ia he pai ake te tau humi hei whakapakeke uri, nō reira ka tatari kia matomato rā anō te tupu o te kai, ā, hei reira tahuri ai ki te whakaipoipo (HM 4/1998:4). / She knows that a year of abundance is better to raise offspring, so she waits until the food is growing vigorously before turning to courtship.
See also tāria
2. (noun) waiting.
Ka huna ngā tāngata me te tatari kia puta tā rātou tangata (NIT 1995:215). / The people hid and waited until their man appeared.