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tatau

1. (verb) (tauria,-hia,-ngia,-ria) to count, calculate, add up, enumerate, tally.

E kore e taea te tatau i ngā hanga katoa o tō māua whare (TWM 13/8/1868:10). / It would be impossible to count all the products in our building.

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2. (noun) number, count, figure, tally, total, score.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 5, 16, 32;)

Kātahi ka rahi haere te waka, ā, kua eke te tatau o ngā kaihoe ki te 13 (TTR 1994:25). / Then the canoe and the number of paddlers on board reached 13.

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Synonyms: tarai, piro, tau, maha, nama, whika

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