2. (noun) wound, injury.
Ko te hōia Māori e kōrerotia ake nei i taotū, ko tōna tū i tōna pokohiwi (TKO 7/1915:8). / The Māori soldier that we spoke about above who was wounded, his injury was to his shoulder.
See also tūnga
tū
1. (noun) belt, girdle (to which a maro is attached).
Kātahi ia ka maranga ake; anana, kua noho tahanga ia, ka rapurapu noa ia i tētahi maro, i tētahi tū mōna, nōwhea hoki i kitea? (NM 1928:8). / Then she got up and behold she was still naked, so she searched about for a 'maro' and a girdle for herself, but she couldn't find them anywhere.
tū
1. (verb) (-ria) to stand, take place, set in place, establish, hold, convene.
Ka tū te purei hōiho i Te Pakipaki i te 24 o Tīhema 1878 (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Horse races will take place at Pakipaki on 24th December, 1878.
Kāti, i tēnei ata kāore i tū te rore (HP 1991:22). / Well, this particular morning the lorry didn't stop.
See also tūria
Synonyms: whakatakoto
2. (verb) to remain, placed.
Ko te punga anake o Horouta e tū ana, me te tatā, me te māhē, me te kūmara mō Waiapu (TWMNT 11/9/1872:114). / Only the Horouta canoe's anchor, bailer, and the kūmara for Waiapu remained there.
Synonyms: noho, rarau, nonoho, whakanōhia
3. (verb) to turn up (of the nose, often indicating disdain), sniff, smell.
Tū kē ana te ihu i te rerenga mai o te piro i ngā wai whakamate (KO 13/12/1882:6). / Smelling the stench of the contaminated water.
See also tū te ihu
4. (verb) to be erect, raised.
Kei te pēhea te tangata hara ki ēnei kupu aroha? Kāore i te whakarongo, engari kei te whawharo haere te ihu pēnei i te hōiho matakana kei te tū te waero ki runga (TP 7/1909:7). / What does the sinful person think about these words of concern? He does not listen, but snorts like a distrustful horse with its tail raised.
Synonyms: hītengitengi, rāngai, pūwhata, rāngaingai
5. (verb) to stop, halt.
I te heke i Hawaiki ki Aotearoa, ka tū te waka ki Rangitāhua ka patu a Turi i ngā kurī e rua hei whakanui i te atua a Maru (Te Ara 2013). / On the migration from Hawaiki to New Zealand, the canoe stopped at the Kermadecs and Turi killed two dogs as a sacrifice to the god Maru.
6. (verb) (-ria) to be appointed.
I haere atu ahau ki a ia, ka kī atu ko te mea tika me tū ia hei Minita mō te taha Māori, ina hoki ko ia te tangata pai hei rīwhi mō Te Mākarini (RT 2013:86). / I went to him and said that the right thing was that he should be appointed as Minister of Māori affairs, because he was the right person to replace Mr McLean.
7. (verb) to be rough, high (of the sea).
Kua tangi te whatitiri, kua rū te whenua, kua pā te hauhau kino, kua tū te ngaru, kua tukoki te waka, kua oho ngā iwi, kua pāwera katoa, kei te tangi (TH 1/1/1861:1). / The thunder has sounded, the land has shaken, the strong wind has struck, the waves have become high, the canoe is unsteady, the people have awoken, they are all alarmed and are weeping.
Synonyms: kōrawarawa, pohepohe, karekare, oru, whenewhene
tū
1. (particle) manner, sort, type of.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)
Kua waia rātou ki tēnei tū mahi. / They are accustomed to this type of activity.
See also tūmomo
tū atu, tū mai
1. alternating speakers between tangata whenua and manuhiri at a pōhiri as in the system used on marae in Te Arawa and Waikato. In most other tribal areas the system called pāeke is used where all the local speakers speak first.
Ko te kawa o Tainui he tau whakautuutu, tū atu tū mai (TWK 46:8). / Tainui's protocol is for alternating speakers.
tū waewae
1. (noun) war dance - 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 ngārehu, tūtū waewae and whakatū waewae.
Nō te mutunga o te tū waewae, ka mea ngā Pākehā kia whakaputaina tētahi kupu whakaaroha mā rātou ki ō rātou hoa Māori (TWM 18/11/1869:2) / When the war dance ended, the Pākehā asked to express some words of affection for their Māori companions.
See also tūtū ngārahu
tū tangetange
1. (verb) to jump up out of order in a meeting interrupting others.
I tana kaha whakahē i tā te kaikōrero o mua tata i a ia, ka tū tangetange ki te whakatika atu (HJ 2015:139). / Because he vehemently disagreed with what the previous speaker had said, he jumped up out or order to correct him.
