Arataki takiruataputapu noke ā, ko te wira noke he momo pūnaha taputapu e whakamahia ana mō te tuku hiko. Kei roto i tēnei he noke, he wāhanga porotaka rite ki te tīwiri me ngā niho porowhita, me te wira noke, he taputapu me ngā niho e hono ana ki te noke.

Ko te kupu "takirua" e pā ana ki te meka e rua ngā huinga niho, ngā miro rānei, o te noke e takai ana i te rango i ngā koki rerekē. He nui ake te ōwehenga taputapu o tēnei hoahoa i te noke kotahi te taki, ko te tikanga ka maha ake ngā wā e huri ai te wira noke i ia hurihanga o te noke.

Ko te painga o te whakamahi i te wira noke mata rua me te wira noke, ka taea e ia te whakatutuki i te ōwehenga taputapu nui i roto i te hoahoa kiato, ka whai hua ai i roto i ngā tono he iti te wāhi. Ka taea hoki e ia te raka-ā-ianoa, arā, ka taea e te noke te pupuri i te wira noke ki tōna tūranga me te kore e hiahiatia he parai, he tikanga raka rānei.

Ko ngā pūnaha wira noke mata rua me ngā pūnaha wira noke e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā mīhini me ngā taputapu pēnei i ngā pūnaha kawe, ngā taputapu hiki, me ngā taputapu mīhini.