toru
1. (numeral) three, 3.
Ka toru ngā tau o te pānga mai o tana mate rūmātiki ki a ia (HKW 10/1898:4). / He was afflicted with rheumatism for three years.
See also tuatoru
2. (numeral) three.
I reira ka whakawhiwhia a ia ki te tohu mō te toa mekemeke, noho toa rā ia mō te toru tau (TTR 2000:167). / There he was the boxing champion for three years.
3. (numeral) third - when used with this meaning it is preceded by te and followed by o.
Nō te toru o ngā rā i te ahiahi, ka puta mātau i te marangai (HP 1991:120). / On the third day in the evening we emerged from the storm.
2. (numeral) thirteenth, 13th (following te).
ngahuru mā toru
1. (numeral) be thirteen, thirteenth (following te).
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 12;)
See also tekau mā toru
toru-kapa
1. (loan) (noun) threepence (coin), threepenny bit.
I mua atu i te tina ka tīmata te tono a ngā Māori kia whakawhitiwhiti ā rātou rua-hereni, āwhekaraone rānei ki te toru-kapa, ki te hikipene, ki te hereni (TP 12/1907:11). / Before dinner, the Māori began to ask to change their florins and half-crowns for threepenny bits, sixpences and shillings.
tauwhāinga-toru
1. (noun) triathlon.
E mea ana rātou tokotoru ki te whakauru ki te 'tauwhāinga-toru' i tū ki konei i te raumati, engari ka hapū tētahi, ka whati kē te waewae o tētahi, ā, he ngākau kore te tuatoru (HJ 2012:182). / The three of them were going to enter the 'triathlon' held here in the summer, but one was pregnant, another broke her leg and the third one was unenthusiastic.
Toru o Hereturikōkā, Te
1. (personal noun) third lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to August and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.
See also Hereturikōkā
wāhanga toru o te kamupene
1. (loan) (noun) platoon.
Synonyms: paratunu
mihimihi
1. (noun) toru, Toronia toru - an erect, many-branched small tree with branches directed upwards. Alternate leaves long, narrow, thick, leathery and smooth on both sides. Flowers are small and yellowish. Found in the northern North Island.
See also toru
toro
1. (noun) toro, Myrsine salicina - a slender, upright, open-branched tree growing to 10 m. Has thick, furrowed bark and long, shiny, leathery leaves. Petals are cream to pale pink. Fruit is red and oblong, usually containing only one seed. Found from North Cape to about Greymouth in lowland to montane forest.
2. (noun) toru, Toronia toru - an erect, many-branched small tree with branches directed upwards. Alternate leaves long, narrow, thick, leathery and smooth on both sides. Flowers are small and yellowish. Found in the northern North Island.
See also toru
