tautau
Bingham
táutau
vi. to engage in holding or retaining.
táutau
n. an effort to quiet a fight.
Sabatier
tautau
vt. (1) tautau: to hold, to guide by hand (cane, canoe).
v. (2) to hold, to grab, to impede from fighting.
ex.
- e aki kan tautauaki: he refuses to be held.
- tautaua te aine: ordinary word for rape.
na. banga n tautau: notorious, feared, person in habit of...
tautau1
n. a fat pig.