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1. (transitive verb) (-ia,-tia) to dig (with a ).

Kātahi ka kōia te māra (W 1971:120). / Then the garden was dug.

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2. (intransitive verb) to pout - in disgust or contempt.

ana ngā ngutu o Ririhau i te kino o te utu i whakaritea e tōna matua mō tana mahi hē (HJ 2017:21). / Ririhau pouted at how severe the price was for her misdemeanour that her father had set.

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Synonyms: tupere, , tāperu, whakamito, weru


3. (noun) digging stick - wooden implement for digging.

Kātahi ka whakawhiti taonga a Te Mātenga rāua ko Turikatuku: ka riro i a Turikatuku he hetiheti rino, ka hoatu ki a Te Mātenga te ngaki māra a Turikatuku (TTR 1990:378). / Then Marsden and Turikatuku exchanged tools: Turikatuku received an iron hoe and Marsden was given Turikatuku's garden cultivation tool.

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koti

1. (verb) (-a) to cut in two, divide, cut off, interrupt.

Ka kawea te popoki ki mua, ka oti te kawe, ka hohoki mai ka kotia te pito (M 2007:14). / The placenta is carried to the front, and when done, the umbilical cord is cut.

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kōti

1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to judge (in court).

Ko te take kāore tēnei whenua i kōtitia, kāore i Karauna Karātitia, he whenua papatupu tonu tēnei whenua ko Te Hāpuku tonu te Karauna Karāti o runga i te mana Māori takoto ai (TW 22/6/1878:319). / This land has not been passed through the Native Lands Court, there has not been a Crown grant issued for it, and it is held by Native title, as he, Te Hāpuku, is the sole (Crown grant) holder of this land and Te Hāpuku is the Native authority over this land.

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2. (loan) (noun) court.

I ui mai a Te Hīni ki te pāremata, mehemea kua tae mai ngā kōrero o ngā tiati o te Kōti whakawā whenua Māori (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Mr Sheehan asked parliament if the deliberations of the judges of the Māori Land Court had arrived.

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kokoti

1. (verb) (-a) to interrupt, intercept, cut in two, divide. Usually kotia in the passive form.

He maroro kokoti ihu waka (W 1971:184). / A flying fish that cuts across the canoe prow (a whakataukī for someone who crossed the path of a war party and was killed to ward off bad luck).

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2. (verb) (-a) to cut short.

Kokoti ai ngā wāhine o Te Makororo i ō rātou makawe koromengemenge kia poto rawa, moremore ana tēnā! (TWMNT 10/5/1874:109). / The Makololo women cut their curly hair very short, they looked bald!

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3. (noun) ambush, ambuscade, intercepting party.

I whakamaharatia atu e Pōmare te herenga matatika kāore anō kia ea i te whānau o Mahuta, e pā ana ki te whakatūpatotanga a Te Rauparaha i a Pōtatau Te Wherowhero i tētehi wā i mua, arā, e tāria ana tērā e tētehi kokoti, ā, nā taua whakatūpatotanga i ora ai a Pōtatau (TTR 1996:143). / Pōmare reminded Mahuta of a debt of honour that his family owed concerning the warning Te Rauparaha once gave Pōtatau Te Wherowhero of an ambush and that warning saved Pōtatau's life.

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