tūtakitaki
1. (verb) (-na) to meet, close, shut, block.
I ahu rātau mā Waikaremoana ki te whakarau i te hunga e peia haeretia ana e wērā o ngā poupoutahi. Tūtakitaki rawa atu rātau ki Ruatāhuna (TTR 1990:384). / They headed via Waikaremoana to capture the people who had been displaced by those columns. They met at Ruatāhuna.
Synonyms: tūtaki, karahui, whakatūtataki, hui, huihui, pūtahi, tūtataki, whakatūtaki, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, kopiti, kati, kopi, kokopi, uaki, katikati, whakakopiti, kore
2. (noun) meetings, contacts, encounters.
Nā tana hoahoa ki a Ngata rāua ko Te Kōti i auau ai tana tūtakitaki ki ngā āpiha a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1996:47). / Her friendship with Ngata and Coates led her into frequent contacts with government officials.
