2. (verb) (-tia) to encircle, make a hole.
Synonyms: kōruarua
3. (noun) hole dug in the ground - to serve as a landmark, or to mark the spot where someone of note has fallen in battle.
Kua oti katoa ngā rohe o aua whenua te rūri, te whaitohu (ko ngā tohu he pou, he keringa i te whenua, he whakaumu (LM 1863:19). / Surveying the boundaries of those lands has been completed and the marking (the markers are posts, marks in the ground and holes that have been dug).
