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tautuhi

1. (verb) (-tia) to indicate, define, identify, specify.

E mōhiotia ana ko Kaikōura Whakatau te tino kaikōrero nāna i tautuhi ngā kerēme a Ngāi Tahu ki ngā whaitua e tautohetohetia ana (TTR 1994:38). / Kaikōura Whakatau was the acknowledged spokesman who defined the Ngāi Tahu claims to the disputed territories.

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2. (noun) indication, definition, identification, specification.

E ngangahau ana āna kōrero mō tēnei take i ētehi wā, me te tautuhi anō ki ana koikara hei whakaatu i te ara whakarara o ngā waka e rua, arā, te waka Māori me te waka Pākehā (TTR 1996:49). / She sometimes talked intensely about this matter, indicating with her two fingers to show the parallel paths of the two canoes, that is the Māori and Pākehā canoes

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