tauārai
1. (verb) (-tia) to separate, keep apart, buffer.
He mea kī, nā te hiahia o Ngāti Maniapoto ko Ngāti Tama hei tauārai i te Pākehā i rata ai rātou ki te noho a tērā iwi (TTR 1994:201). / It was suggested that because Ngāti Maniapoto wanted Ngāti Tama as a buffer from the Europeans they tolerated that tribe living there.
Synonyms: kōwai, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke
2. (modifier) separating.
Ā, e whakaae ana anō a Tāke, kia mahia, kia whakatūturutia te rohe tauārai o te whenua a Tāke rāua ko Pāhia (TW 22/6/1878:313). / And Turkey also agrees that a boundary between Turkey and Persia be determined and made permanent.
See also rohe tauārai
Synonyms: māhiti
3. (noun) screen, barrier, barricade, obstruction, curtain.
Tērā te pōhatu ka hāpainga ki runga, ko te tauārai ki te hoa i te mate (M 2005:334). / Behold that rock upthrust on high, it marks the barrier to my honoured dead (M 2005:335).
Synonyms: ārai, takitaki, ārei, taunahua, taupā, āraitanga, tairo, pāhokahoka, pātakitaki, tūrutu, pātūtū, whakaruru, rī, mata, pā, rīanga, pākai, pākai riri, araarai, pātū, pekerangi, pāhoka, tītopa
