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taihoa

taihoa adjective: slow and cautious; gradual.

Adjective

taihoa (not comparable)

  1. (New Zealand) Slow and cautious; gradual.
    • He found in office that the taihoa policy was not the creation of his predecessor, but was imposed by the fundamental conditions of the problem to which every Native Minister has to address himself.1970, James A. Clifton, Applied anthropology: readings in the uses of the science of man
    • The main aim of the Liberal government had always been pakeha land settlement, even through the taihoa period.2004, Richard S. Hill, State authority, indigenous autonomy, page 101

Origin of taihoa

Borrowed from Māori taihoa (“wait; do not hurry”).

Questions about taihoa

What does taihoa mean?
Taihoa means slow and cautious; gradual.
What part of speech is taihoa?
Taihoa is an adjective.

Words near taihoa in the dictionary

  1. taiglach
  2. taigs
  3. Taigu
  4. Taih
  5. Taihape
  6. taihoa
  7. Taihoku
  8. Taihu
  9. Taihu Lake
  10. Taijhong
  11. taiji

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