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taotū

1. (verb) to be wounded.

Taotū ana te pakihiwi o Eruera, ā, kōpā ana (TTR 2000:103). / Eruera was wounded in the shoulder and it became numb.

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2. (noun) wound, injury.

He tino taotū tōna (HP 1991:8). / He had a bad wound.

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See also taotūtanga


3. (noun) wounded person, wounded man.

E rongo ana te taringa i tōna toa ki te haere i roto i ngā kōkiri; ki te amo mai i ngā taotū i roto i te mura o te ahi ki te wāhi i te ora; ki te pīkau mai i ngā tāngata kua mate kē ki tētahi wāhi tika hei tapukenga mō rātou (TKO 30/10/1920:11). / We have heard of his bravery going into the attacks; in carrying the wounded in the heat of battle to safe places; and in carrying the men who had been killed to an appropriate burial place for them.

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