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tuhituhi

1. (verb) (-a) to write, draw.

Kua tae te whakaatu ki a Tākuta Te Rangihīroa kua riro i a ia te paraihe a te Kura Nui o Ōtākou mō tana pukapuka i tuhituhia ai mō ngā mahi ā-ringa a te iwi Māori inamata (TTT 31/8/1921:7). / Notification has reached Dr Buck that he has won Otago University's award for his article written about the traditional Māori crafts.

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2. (noun) writing.

Nā Hoani a ia i āwhina ki te haurapa me te tuhituhi i ngā whakapapa me ngā kōrero pūrākau o te takiwā ki Kaikōura (TTR 1996:134). / Hoani assisted her in discovering and recording the whakapapa and legends of the Kaikōura district.

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pānga tuhituhi

1. (noun) stationery.

papa tuhituhi

1. (noun) blackboard, writing board.

Ko ana mea whakaako, he papa rākau i warua hai papa tuhituhi, ā, he ngārehu hai pene tuhituhi (TTR 1990:164). / His teaching aids were wooden slates that had been smoothed as writing boards and charcoal as pens for writing.

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mīhini tuhituhi

1. (loan) (noun) typewriter.

I te tuatahi, ka whakamātautauria mātau ki runga o te mīhini tuhituhi (HP 1991:214). / Firstly, we were tested on the typewriter.

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pukapuka tuhituhi

1. (noun) exercise book.

Ko te tīmatanga o te tau kura te wā e kaha ai te pakaru o ngā pūkoro o ngā mātua i a rātou e hoko ana i ngā pukapuka tuhituhi, i ngā pēkepuka, i ngā pouaka kai, i ngā pene kēhi, i ngā aha atu, i ngā aha atu. The start of the school year is when parents tend to go broke with having to buy exercise books, book bags, lunch boxes, pencil cases, and all of those sorts of things. /

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