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taekai

Bingham

táekai

vi. to engage in tying canoe planks.
n. the work of lashing canoe planks together.

Sabatier

taekai

from. taera, taera te kai.
nv. v.t. taekaia, to tie, to tie with string,... the boards of canoe to curved staves and to each other.

taekai1

n. promptness at work, dispatch, haste.
vt. taekai: to conduct rapidly (work).

Topics: Sea, canoes and navigation