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tiemi

1. (verb) to jerk up and down.

Tiemi ana te haere o te wahine rā (W 1971:415). / That woman is jerking up down as she goes.

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2. (verb) to play see-saw.

3. (noun) see-saw.

E piki koe ki runga i te tiemi nei kia tākaro tahi ai tāua (PK 2008:921). / You climb onto the see-saw so that you and I can play together.

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Synonyms: tīemiemi, pīonioni

Tiemi

1. (loan) (personal name) James.

I te tau 1866, ka kite a Tiemi Make, te waha kōrero a te kāwanatanga, e patu ana a Tāraia i te tūmau, he poka noa nōna ki te takahi i ōna tapu (TTR 1990:156). / In 1866 James Mackay, the government agent, saw Tāraia punishing a slave for infringing his personal tapu.

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Synonyms: Timi, Hēmi, Hīmi

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