2. (verb) (-tia) to entertain, give hospitality.
Ahakoa i tau te waewae ki hea, i whiua te kupu ki hea, i taurimatia, i whakarangatiratia, i whakawāteatia mai te huarahi kia whai ai a Tīmoti i tāna i pīrangi ai (HM 3/1990:1). / No matter where he went or where he spoke, he was entertained, respected and avenues were cleared so that Tīmoti was able to do whatever he fancied.
See also hui taurima
3. (modifier) adopted, fostered.
Ka kōkiritia te pā o Te Wharepōuri, i Tauwharerata, i te taha o Kaiwaewae, ka whakarauoratia tana wahine, a Te Uamairangi, me tā rāua tamāhine taurima, a Te Kakapi Wharawhara-i-te-rangi me ētahi atu – 25 ngā mea i mau herehere (TTR 1990:91). / The pā of Te Wharepōuri at Tauwhare-rata near Featherston was attacked, and his wife, Te Uamairangi, and their adopted daughter, Te Kakapi Wharawhara-i-te-rangi and 25 others were captured.
4. (modifier) entertaining, festival.
Ka tae te tono a tētehi rōpū kaipakihi o Poihākena ki a Mākareti kia tahuri ki te whakahaere i tētehi kapa haka hei whakaatu haere i Poihākena anō; kia mutu tērā, ka rere ki Ingarangi ki te whakauru atu ki ngā mahi taurima e whakanui ana i te Emepaea (TTR 1996:122). / Makereti was asked by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen to manage a Māori concert party tour to Sydney and then sail to England to take part in the Festival of Empire celebrations.
5. (noun) foster child, hospitality.
Kia tika rā te taurima i te manuhiri kei kōrerotia tātau (PK 2008:896). / Treat the guest with care lest we be talked about.
