tourawhi
1. (modifier) male (of animals).
Kua ngaro, nō te tahi pea o ngā rā o Hune, tētahi hōiho tourawhi: ko te kara tū-ā-pango: te ikeike e rima putu: he waewae mā tētahi o ngā waewae o muri: he tiwha ki te rae: ko te māka kei te pokohiwi koia tēnei, T P (TMT 1/6/1861:16). / Lost, on or about the 1st of June, a dark coloured gelding, five feet high, one white hind leg, a white star on forehead, and the brand on shoulder is T P.
2. (noun) male (of animals).
Tērā ngā raiona i ngā marae i Rānana, e rua tahi, i roto i te taiepa rino, ko te tourawhi, ko te uwha. Te haere rā tētahi taitama ki te mātakitaki. Ka kai nei ngā kanohi o te tangata rā, ā, nāwai ka whawhao atu te ringa ki roto ki te taiepa rino. Ehara! Te makanga mai o ngā peke o ngā raiona rā, tītaritari ana ngā kikokiko o te ringa tae noa ki te whatīanga (KO 15/9/1884:14). / There were a pair of lions in the zoo in London inside an iron fence, a male and a female. A youth went there and was watching them, and after a time he put his hand inside the iron fence. Surprise surprise! When the lions struck with their paws, the flesh of the arm was torn to pieces right up to the elbow.
