tatū
1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria) to land on, arrive, settle, consent, reach the bottom.
Toru tekau mā waru rātou o te tira i hiki atu i Rātana Pā i te 9 o Āperira 1924, ā, i tatū mai anō hoki ki reira i te 24 o Tīhema (TTR 1996:154). / The travelling party of 38 left Rātana Pā on 9 April 1924 and returned there on 24 December.
Synonyms: whakanoho, whakatatū, whakatau, pūwhenua, whakataiwhenua, tau, whakamāhaki, noho, nohonoho, whakaea
2. (verb) to be settled, agreed.
Ka rongo te tiati i a māua e kōhetehete ana, kātahi ka mea mai kia haere mātau ki waho kōrerorero ai, ka tatū ā mātau kōrero ka hoki mai ki te aroaro o te kōti (HP 1991:319). / When the judge heard us quarrelling he told us all to go outside to talk and when we had settled it to return to the court.
Synonyms: whakanōhia, roki, mahuru, ea
