tautini
1. (verb) to be for a long time, long.
Tautini noa e noho ana te ope rā, ka whakatika tētahi o ngā rangatira (NM 1928:133). / After the party had been sitting there for a long time, one of the chiefs stood up.
Synonyms: tāroaroa, whāroa, kāwekaweka, kōroaroa, hotu, roa, tāroa, kaweka, hūroaroa, wheau, whēnakonako, hauroa, hītawe, taumano
2. (noun) long time, longstanding, long-lasting.
Nā Timi Kara te kauwhau whakahōnore i te hurahanga o te whakamaumaharatanga mō tōna hoa tauwhāinga tōrangapū o ngā tautini noa, mō Te Hērihi i te tau 1926 (TTR 1994:15). / In 1926 James Carroll gave a eulogy at the unveiling of a memorial to his longstanding political opponent, Mr Herries.
3. (noun) perennial.
Ka ora ētahi tipu mō te toru tau, nui ake rānei, pērā i ngā rākau o te ngahere. Ka kīia ēnei tipu he tautini (RP 2009:402). / Some plants live for three years or more, such as the trees of the forest. These are said to be perennials.
