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koutu

1. (verb) (-a) to dip, dip into for the purpose of filling.

Ka haere mātau ki te koutu wai i te puna ki roto i ā mātau tahā (HP 1991:18). / We went to fill our calabashes with water at the spring.

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koutu

1. (verb) to project, stand out, be prominent, be conspicuous.

E koutu noa ake te puke i te raorao (W 1971:151). / The hill stood out above the lowlands.

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Synonyms: whakahī, kōhure, hōhō, ahurei, tutū, hinonga, whakatakanga, kūmore, kūrae, pūrero, hingonga, kounu, whakawhana, whakakaupapa, matararahi, tāpua, koure, whakaea, whakarae


2. (noun) promontory, point (of land), peninsula.

Ko Waikawau pā tērā i te tonga o te koutu o Tīrau ka tukia, ka whakarautia (TTR 1990:298). / Waikawau pā, south of Tīrau Point, was attacked and captured.

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Synonyms: kūraenga, pukerae, kūiti, kūrae, raenga kūiti, koraenga, ponaihu, matamata, kūmore, raenga, mātārae, kūmū, koi, tūmū, kūmore, rae, more

tū koutu

1. (noun) stretching forward with the right foot back haka stance.

Ko te tū koutu: Ka toro whakamua, ko te waewae matau ki muri (RMR 2017). / The tī koutu stance: Stretching forward with the right leg at the back.

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