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tutu

1. (noun) tutu, tree tutu, Coriaria arborea var. arborea - native shrub with mostly opposite leaves with three to five parallel veins, shiny and dark on top. Stems are four-sided and the purple-black fruit hang in long strings. Extremely poisonous, except for the juice of the fruit.

Pēnei tonu te āhua o te mahi me tō te tutu e mahia nei e te Māori, ko te tutu ia he paitini tōna, tēnā ko te wāina (karepe) kāore ōna paitini (TP 6/1911:8). / The method of processing it is just like that of the tutu berries, but the tutu is poisonous, whereas the grape has no poison.

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tutū

1. (verb) (-tia) to stand erect.

I tutū tonu ngā makawe, tūkirakira ana (NM 1928:164). / The hair stood erect, it was dishevelled.

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2. (verb) to be prominent, stand out.

tutū

1. (verb) (-tia) to be stirred up, churned up, insubordinate, mischievous, disobedient, mutinous, rebellious, recalcitrant, riotous, seditious, undisciplined, rebel, disrupt.

Tutū ana te moana, ā puehu ana te rangi i te heihei o te moana (W 1971:44). / The sea is churned up and the sky is hazy from the spray of the sea.

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Synonyms: whakatete, whakakeke, tīhoihoi, tangata hara, whana, hauhau, kaiwhakatuma, porohīanga, whakatoi, raweke, hanariki, haututū, hīanga


2. (intransitive verb) to be vigorous (of breathing).

Nō te mutunga o taku omaoma, tutū ana te manawa. / When I finished my run, my breathing was vigorous.

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3. (noun) insubordination, disobedience, insurrection, mutiny, rebellion, revolt, riotousness, sedition, offending, offence.

Mākari ake nei pea te take, kua oho te mauri, kua anga ki te tutū, ki te rapu uto (MM.TKM 4/3/1855:16). / Even with perhaps an unfounded reason, they will be incited to seek revenge.

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Synonyms: hara, kaikaiwaiūtanga, hēanga, whananga, whana, whakakeke, kinonga, takahanga

tūtū

1. (verb) to be full (of the tide).

Taihoa e haere, kia tūtū te tai (JPS 1893:148). / Don't go until the tide is full.

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2. (noun) bird snaring tree - a tree where birds are captured.

Nā, ka eke te tangata me tana mōkai kākā ki runga i te tūtū, ka whakangāngātia te mōkai, hei karanga i ētahi atu kākā kia rere mai (JPS 1895:135). / Now, when the man ascends to the tūtū with his decoy kākā, he makes the bird call out, to entice the other kākā to fly there.

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tutu

1. (verb) (-a) to preserve in fat (birds, etc.).

Kātahi ka tutua ki te tahā hei kai, hei hinu (NM 1928:131). / Then they were preserved in fat in calabashes for food, as game.

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2. (verb) (-a) to steep, immerse, soak (in water).

Ka tutua te aute ki te wai (W 1971:463). / The bark of the paper mulberry tree was immersed in water.

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tutu

1. (noun) hoop (for holding open a hand net, etc.).

tūtū

1. (verb) (-tia) to stand, stop, take place, establish.

He wā ka tūtū mai ko ngā mīhana i Kerikeri i te tau 1817, i Te Waimate i te tau 1823 i raro katoa i tōna maru (TTR 1990:18-19). / The missions at Kerikeri in 1817 and Te Waimate in 1823 were established under his protection.

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tūtū

1. (verb) to summon, assemble.

Ka tukua e ia ōna karere ki te tūtū i ngā tāngata o Te Waipounamu (JPS 1901:72). / So he sent his messengers to summon the people of the South Island.

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2. (noun) messenger sent to summon people.

Ka tukua te tūtū (NM 1928:99). / The messenger was sent to summon them.

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tutu papa

1. (noun) tutu papa, Coriaria plumosa, Coriaria angustissima - small shrubs with small leaves and black fruit.

tūtū ngārahu

1. (noun) war dance - haka performed with long weapons in which the men jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārehu, tūtū waewae and whakatū waewae.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-68;)

Tētahi take nui i whakaaetia e tēnei hui, ko ngā mahi a ngā tūpuna o mua kei ngaro, kia tino mahia nuitia i ēnei rā: Ngā whakataukī, ngā waiata Māori, ngā pepeha, me ngā tikanga katoa o ngā mea, me ngā harihari, tūtū ngārahu, me ngā hari kai (TP 8/1909:11). / An important matter that was agreed to by the meeting was the activities of the ancestors of former times that these should be used widely today: The aphorisms, Māori songs, tribal sayings and the customary practices of everything, the songs to unite people in a common purpose, war dances and songs for presenting food.

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kanikani tūtū

1. (noun) krumping.

Ko te kanikani tūtū he momo kanikani o nāianei i puta i ngā tau tōmua o tēnei rautau i ngā tiriti o Amerika, ka mātua kawea e te hunga taiohi mangumangu o reira. He haukori ngā nekeneke, he tino whakaatu i te pupūtanga ake o ngā kare ā-roto, pēnei i te riri, te kōhukihuki me te matekiri. He momo whakamahea i ēnei kare ā-roto me te kore e pā o te ringa taikaha o tētahi ki tētahi (RMR 2017). / Krumping is a style of contemporary dance which emerged in the early years of this century on the streets of America, mainly developed by black youth. The movements are energetic and expressive of emotions such as anger, frustration and disillusionment. It is seen as a way of releasing these emotions in a non-violent way (RMR 2017).

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tūtū waewae

1. (noun) a type of haka in which the men are armed and jump up and down. Performed by the war party before going into battle, in front of elders and experienced warriors who judged by their performance whether they were ready to go into battle. Also called tūtū ngārahu, tūtū ngārehu and whakatū waewae.

Kātahi ka tūria te haka me te tūtū waewae, mutu ana i konā (TWMNT 21/4/1874:99). / Then a posture dance and a tūtū waewae were performed and that's where it ended.

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Puke-tutu

1. (location) Weeks Island (Manukau Harbour, Auckland).

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

tutū te puehu

1. a great disturbance, all hell broke loose, there was pandemonium, chaos reigned, there was a great commotion, there was an uproar, things got quite heated - a phrase used to indicate that a great conflict has broken out or will erupt.

Ka haere tonu te kēmu, engari ia kei ngā taha o te papa whutupōro kua tutū te puehu. / The game continued but on the sidelines all hell had broken loose.
O ngā mahi katoa i mahia e Eruera mō te marae o Kōkōhīnau, ko tētahi i tutū ai te puehu, ko te tapahanga i te kūaha ki te tūngaroa o te whare tipuna, o Ōruataupare (EM 2002:81). / Of all the things done by Eruera for Kōkōhīnau marae, the most contentious one was the cutting of the door in the back wall of the ancestral house, Ōruataupare.

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tutū ana te heihei

1. a great disturbance, all hell broke loose, there was pandemonium, chaos reigned, there was a great commotion, there was an uproar, things got quite heated - a phrase used to indicate that a great conflict has broken out or will erupt.

Tutū ana te heihei i roto i te pāramete o Parani ināianei, te take, he whakaaringa i te kupu pana atu i te rohe o taua rangatiratanga, ngā uri katoa a Ponupata (KO 15/2/1883:4). / There is an uproar in the French parliament at present, as a proposal was put forth to banish from the sovereign state all of the descendants of Napoleon.

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tūpākihi

1. (noun) tutu, tree tutu, Coriaria arborea var. arborea - native shrub with mostly opposite leaves with three to five parallel veins, shiny and dark on top. Stems are four-sided and the purple-black fruit hang in long strings. Extremely poisonous, except for the juice of the fruit.

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pūhou

1. (noun) tutu, tree tutu, Coriaria arborea var. arborea - native shrub with mostly opposite leaves with three to five parallel veins, shiny and dark on top. Stems are four-sided and the purple-black fruit hang in long strings. Extremely poisonous, except for the juice of the fruit.

See also tutu

tāweku

1. (noun) tutu, tree tutu, Coriaria arborea var. arborea - native shrub with mostly opposite leaves with three to five parallel veins, shiny and dark on top. Stems are four-sided and the purple-black fruit hang in long strings. Extremely poisonous, except for the juice of the fruit.

See also tutu

kōheke

1. (verb) (-tia) to extract juice from tutu berries using a pointed bag.

Kei te kōheke tutu ngā wāhine (W 1971:124). / The women are extracting tutu juice.

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2. (noun) tutu juice extractor bag - a pointed bag.

Kia mutu te whakawiri mai i te wai o te tutu ki te kōheke, kua tātarihia ki te pututu (PK 2008:277). / When we've finished wringing out the juice of the tutu with the kōheke bag, it's strained with the pututu bag.

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kōwheke

1. (verb) (-tia) to extract juice from tutu berries using a pointed bag.

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2. (noun) tutu juice extractor bag - a pointed bag.

See also kōheke

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