teo

1. (noun) (golf) birdie.

teo

1. (adjective) be small - especially of birds and animate species.

teo

1. (verb) (-a) to stick into the ground.

Ka teoa he pou ki tēnā pito, ki tēnā pito kia mōhiotia ai te wāhi i rāhuitia (PK 2008:914). / Posts were stuck into the ground at each end so that it would be known that a prohibition had been placed on the place.

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2. (verb) to be stranded, be stuck.

I tōna ohonga ake, ka kite ia kua teo kē ia ki tētehi one tahua, i roto i te wai o Kaupokonui (TWK 48:4). / When it woke up it saw that it had become stranded on a sand bar in the Kaupokonui Stream.

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3. (noun) stake.

Ko te teo herenga waka (W 1971:412). / The stake for tying up the canoe. (A whakataukī for a reliable person.)

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tara teo

1. (noun) fairy tern, Sterna nereis, little tern, Sterna albifrons - very small terns uncommon in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The fairy tern is a rare native and the little tern an uncommon Asian migrant.

Synonyms: tara teoteo, tara iti

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