1. (verb) (-na,-tia) to meet, block.
Nō tēnei wā ka tahuri ia ki te whakatūtaki i ō te Pākehā waka e rere ana i Te Aumiti (M 2007:200). / At this time he began to meet the vessels of the Pākehā sailing to Te Aumiti.
Synonyms: tūtaki, tūtakitaki, karahui, whakatūtataki, hui, huihui, pūtahi, tūtataki, porotūtaki, porotūtataki
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