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utuutu

1. (noun) payments, reparations - a number of times.

Auau tonu te tōmuri o taua kamupene ki te utu i ngā moni; engari, ahakoa kōhikihiko nei tā rātou utuutu, i ngā tau atu ki 1926 inā kē te rahi o ngā tiringa i utua atu ki a Ngāti Tūwharetoa (TTR 1998:197). / The company was often in arrears with its payments, although up to 1926 Ngāti Tūwharetoa did receive substantial if irregular sums.

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utuutu

1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to fill (a vessel with liquid) dip, dip into (to fill with liquid) - a number of times.

Nā waiho iho rātou i taua rā e Hōhua hei tapatapahi rākau, hei utuutu wai mō te huihui (PT Hohua 9:27). / And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation.

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tau utuutu

1. (noun) speaking procedure where local and visiting speakers alternate.

tau-utuutu

1. (noun) alternating speech-making procedure.

Ko te tau-utuutu te kawa i te marae nei, nā reira kia rite mai ētahi kaikōrero. Tau-utuutu i the procedure at this marae, so we will need some speakers. /

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