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tunu

1. (verb) (-a) to roast, broil, cook, bake.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 35-48;)

I muri iho ka heke te wahine nōna nei te whare ki te kīhini, ā, mihi ana ki te kuki mō te āhua pai ake o ngā kai e tunua ana e ia (TKO 30/6/1920:3). / Afterwards the woman who owned the house went down to the kitchen and thanked the cook for the somewhat superior food he was cooking.

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Synonyms: tunutunu, parahunuhunu, pāngunungunu, parangunu


2. (noun) cooking, roasting, baking.

He pai tō māua ahi mō te tunu kai (HP 1991:27). / Our fire was good for cooking food.

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Synonyms: tunumanga parāoa

tunu kai

1. (noun) cooking.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 35-45;)

Kei a ia mō te tunu kai (HKK 1999:14). / She's got it when it comes to cooking.

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pukapuka tunu kai

1. (noun) cookbook.

tunuhuruhuru

1. (verb) (-tia) to do violence, ill-treat, offend, injure, mistreat, abuse, brutalize, handle roughly, maltreat, rough up - probably should be written as two words, i.e. tunu huruhuru, as evidenced in the second example sentence.

Nā ngā Hūrai i tīmata te whawhai, he tunuhuruhuru hoki nā tō rātou kāwana (TH 1/7/1859:3). / It was the Jews who began the fighting because of the mistreatment by the governor.
He kaiwhakaako kura te wahine rā me te tangata i tunua huruhurutia rā (KO 15/4/1884:7). / That woman was a school teacher as was the man who was attacked.

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Synonyms: muhani, muheni, hara, whakakino, whakamanioro, takahanga, takahi, tūkino, maukino, takakino, whakakinokino, kangakanga, whakamania, pārure, hunuhunu, marure, rurerure

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