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tūru

1. (loan) (noun) chair, stool, seat, bench, pew.

Kapi tonu ngā tūru katoa, kāti, rau atu, rau atu ngā mea i tū tonu i te kore tūru (TP 10/1909:3). / All the seats were full with hundreds and hundreds having to stand because there were no seats.

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Synonyms: nōhanga, nohoanga, nohonga, pae noho, tāwhanawhana

Turu

1. (personal noun) moon on the fourteenth (or sixteenth) night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the thirtieth night of the lunar month.


2. (noun) moon on the thirtieth night after the full moon.

Koia nei te Turu - te rā hai whakaohooho i ngā puna waihanga o roto i te ngākau o tēnā, o tēnā (WT 2013:72). / This is Turu - the day when the creative spirit within the soul of each person is roused.

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Tūru

1. (loan) (noun) Zulu - the largest ethnic group in South Africa.

Ko te rangatira o te Tūru i tono kia āwhina ia i te Ingarihi hei hoa whawhai te kupu a Tā Mirina, tino kōmihana o Āwherika, kaua e whakakorikoria te noho a te Tūru i roto i Taranawāra (TJ 26/10/1899:4). / The leader of the Zulus asked to help the English as an ally but Sir Milner, the African High Commissioner, said that the Zulus should not be moved from Transvaal.

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turu

1. (verb) (-a) to last for a short time, done for a short time.

Turua kautia ki te taha, ki te whatitoka, turua kautia ki roto (NM 1928:57). / It was done for a short time to the side and to the doorway, it was done for a short time to the interior.

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tūru teitei

1. (noun) high chair (baby).

whana turu

1. (noun) half-hearted attack.

Ka kōkiri te matua, nā kāore i kaha te kōkiri, i oma ētehi, ka haere atu ētehi; koinei te whana turu (W 1971:486). / The main division charged, but the charge was not strong and some fled and others went away; that is a half-hearted charge.

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tūru pīoioi

1. (noun) rocking chair.

tūru wīra

1. (loan) (noun) wheelchair.

I tana pānga e te mate rehu ohotata i te tau 1993 me te poronga atu o ōna waewae i te mate huka, haere tonu ai ia ki ngā hui a Te Ohu Kai Moana mā runga tūru wīra (TTR 2000:49). / After he had a stroke in 1993 and his legs were amputated because of diabetes, he continued attending the meetings of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission in a wheelchair.

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tūru haumaru

1. (loan) (noun) safety seat, car safety seat, child safety seat.

Ka haere te tamaiti mā runga waka, me noho ia ki tōna tūru haumaru. / When a child travels on a vehicle she must sit in her safety seat.

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