1. (verb) (-tia) to satisfy, refresh, quench (thirst), rest.
Ka taka ki tētahi rangi, i te whakanā a Poutini i te motu o Tūhua, ka kite i a Waitaiki e kaukau ana (Te Ara 2014). / One day while Poutini was resting at Mayor Island, he saw Waitaiki bathing.
Synonyms: ea, whakatūtataki, tāmata, whakahauora, whakangā, pae, whakatā, taupua, tā, whakamatua, okioki, tāoki
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