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tūtohi

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to point out, indicate, recommend, prescribe, propose.

I te tau 1991 ka tūtohi te kāwanatanga ki te tāke i ētahi momo koha (Te Ara 2017). / In 1991 the government proposed to tax some forms of koha (Te Ara 2017).

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Synonyms: marohi, whakaari, taunaki, whaikupu, tuhi, whakahahaki, tohu, tohutohu, arataki, tūtohu, whakaatuatu, whakaatu


2. (verb) (-a,-tia) to receive a proposal favourably, consent to.

Synonyms: tūtohu


3. (noun) sign, indication, indicator.


4. (noun) chart, table (of data).

Ko te tūtohi: He whakaaturanga o tētahi kohinga tau, kohinga raraunga rānei. He raupapa, he nahanaha te noho mai o ngā tau ki te tūtohi (TRP 2010:300). / A chart, table (of data): A way of showing a collection of numbers or data. A chart or table is ordered and systematic (TRP 2010:300).

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