2. (modifier) nearly, almost.
Nā, i te poka whakatata ki te whakaeroero ngā whetū i te ata hāpara, ka wehewehe ngā matua e toru nei, he rau tōpū ki te matua kotahi (JPS 1919:124). / So, when the stars were about to disappear at dawn, the three divisions of the army, each one of two hundred, separated.
Synonyms: tata, whano, tōtahi, kua [mutu] tonu, whano tae
3. (noun) approach.
Ka tīmata te whakatata o Māhina-a-rangi ki a Tūrongo (NIT 1995:71). / Māhina-a-rangi began to approach Tūrongo.
