Meaning
'Take a taxi' — to travel by taxi, above all the shared 'route taxi' that runs a fixed road picking up and dropping 'fares' along the way. The everyday way many people move: you 'tek taxi' to town, squeezing in with others, unless you 'charter' the whole car.
Examples
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Mi a tek taxi go a town.
I'm taking a taxi to town.
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Tek di route taxi, it cheaper.
Take the route taxi — it's cheaper.
Origin
'tek' (take) + 'taxi'. See [[route-taxi]], [[charter]], [[fare]].
How it’s used
To travel by taxi, esp. the shared route taxi.