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tūtū

1. (verb) to be full (of the tide).

Taihoa e haere, kia tūtū te tai (JPS 1893:148). / Don't go until the tide is full.

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2. (noun) bird snaring tree - a tree where birds are captured.

Nā, ka eke te tangata me tana mōkai kākā ki runga i te tūtū, ka whakangāngātia te mōkai, hei karanga i ētahi atu kākā kia rere mai (JPS 1895:135). / Now, when the man ascends to the tūtū with his decoy kākā, he makes the bird call out, to entice the other kākā to fly there.

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