tohu
1. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to instruct, advise, save the life of, spare, guide, direct, instruct, appoint.
E tino maumahara ana au ki taua pō e inoi ana tō mātau koroua ki Te Atua kia tohungia mātau (HP 1991:14). / I well remember that night when our grandfather was praying to God that we be spared.
2. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to point out, show, indicate, point at, gesticulate.
E tohu ana ia i mua o ngā matua rā, me te mea tonu ka whatiwhati te taiaha i roto i ngā ringa (JPS 1911:22). / He was gesticulating before the army divisions as if the taiaha would break in his hands.
3. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia,-tia) to preserve, conserve.
I te tukunga o te patu i te tau 1865, ka kī taurangi a Kerei me Te Mākarini, ka tohua ngā whenua o Ngāti Porou ki a rātau anō (TTR 1990:40). / When weapons were laid down in 1865 Grey and McLean promised that Ngāti Porou land would be preserved for the tribe's own use.
4. (verb) (-a) to perform a ritual.
Tohua ana a Hēnare ki te tikanga pure o te karaka whati, he tikanga whakatakataka i te toa mō te pakanga (TTR 2000:70). / Hēnare underwent the ritual of karaka whati, a practice preparing a warrior for battle.
5. (noun) sign, mark, symbol, emblem, token, qualification, cue, symptom, proof, directions, company, landmark, distinguishing feature, signature.
Kua tae mai ō tohu aroha ki a au, arā ngā aikiha me te neketai i tukuna mai nei e koe (TKO 15/1/1916:5). / Your tokens of affection have arrived, that is the handkerchiefs and tie which you sent.
6. (noun) advice, suggestion, guidance.
He tohu kūare tēnei, he hua nō te whakaaro horihori (TP 1/5/1901:1). / This is uninformed advice, a result of incorrect opinion.
Tohu Kākahi
1. (personal name) (1828-1907) Taranaki, Te Āti Awa; leader and prophet who helped establish Parihaka and a passive resistance movement against Pākehā land confiscation.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 89-99; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 3;)
I te 11 o ngā hāora o te pō o te Mane, 11 o Pepuere 1907 ka mate a Tohu Kākahi, ki Parihaka, Taranaki (TP 3/1907:6). / At 11 pm on Monday, 11 February 1907 Tohu Kākahi died at Parihaka, Taranaki.
tohu mātauranga
1. (noun) university degree, academic qualification.
I te tau 1896, ka tutuki i a ia tana tohu paetahi ture (LLB). Ko ia te Māori tuatahi i oti i a ia he tohu mātauranga i tētahi whare wānanga i Aotearoa nei (TTR 1996:102). / He completed his LLB in 1896. He was the first Maori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university.
tohu paetahi
1. (noun) undergraduate degree, Bachelor's degree.
I te tau 1896, ka tutuki i a ia tana tohu paetahi ture (LLB). Ko ia te Māori tuatahi i oti i a ia he tohu mātauranga i tētahi whare wānanga i Aotearoa nei (TTR 1996:102). / He completed his LLB in 1896. He was the first Maori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university.
tohu hae
1. (noun) slash (punctuation).
Mēnā kāore i te āta mōhiotia te tau tūturu, ka whakarārangitia atu ētahi tau i te maharatia ai e hāngai ana, ā, he tohu hae kei te wehe i aua tau 1809/10?-1877 (TTR 1990:xi). / If the correct year is not really known, the years that are thought to be right are listed and a slash separates those years 1809/10?-1877.
tohu rītaha
1. (noun) slash (/).
Nā, arā anō ētahi tikanga kua whakamahia hei whakaatu i ngā mea ka taea, ko te tohu rītaha tēnā (arā, te / ), ko ngā taiapa tūtika anō tēnā (e pēnei ana [ ]) (HKK 1999:9). / Now, there are some other techniques used to show the items that are possible, there's the slash (i.e. /), and there's square brackets (like this [ ]).
2. (noun) articulation symbol (music).
He tohu ngā tohu whakapuaki hei whakaatu kia pēhea te whakatangi i tētahi oro (RTP 2015:115). / Articulation symbols are symbols which convey how a note should be played (RTP 2015:115).
