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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.

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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.

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