tūturi
1. (verb) to kneel, bend the knees.
I kitea te tūpāpaku e tūturi ana, e whārōrō ana, e tū ana, engari e tāpapa ana te nuinga, pango tonu anō i pania ki te tā, ko ngā hōia e mau tonu ana ki ngā pū (TP 1/6/1902:2). / The corpses were seen kneeling, stretched out, or standing, but the majority were lying face down and quite black covered with with tar and the soldiers were still holding on to their guns.
See also tūturu
2. (noun) matagouri, wild Irishman, Discaria toumatou - a spiny tangled shrub with small, leathery, dark green leaves and long thorns, common especially in the South Island.
See also tūmatakuru
Synonyms: tūmatakuru
tuturi pourewa
1. (noun) pied stilt, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus - a black-and-white wader with very long pinkish-red legs and a long, fine, black bill. Usually found in flocks.
See also poaka
Synonyms: turuturu pourewa, turituri pourewa, tuturu pourewa, poaka, tōrea
Tāne-tūturi
1. (personal name) one of the offspring of Rangi-nui and Papa-tū-ā-nuku who was the first to see the sun shining under Rangi's armpit (according to some versions of the narrative).
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 40-42;)
Nō te kitenga o Tāne-tūturi i taua māramatanga ka kōrero atu ia ki ōna tuākana, "Kua kitea e au tētahi māramatanga e kohara mai ana i roto i te kēkē o tō tātau pāpā. Kei te hunaia e ō tātau mātua te māramatanga i a tātau, kei whiti mai ki a tātau." (HWM 4). / When Tāne-tūturi saw the light he said to his elder brothers, "I have seen some light shining in the armpit of our father. The light is being hidden from us by our parents so that it can't shine on us."
