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toutou

1. (verb) (-a) to kindle, set on fire.

Ko Mōkena Kōhere te rangatira nāna i toutou ngā ahi a ngā iwi o Waiapu me Tūranganui-a-Kiwa kia kā ake anō (TTR 1990:41). / Mōkena Kōhere was the chief who enabled tribal fires to be rekindled, both in Waiapu and in Poverty Bay.

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Synonyms: tahu, tahutahu, tūngutu, tūmata, tungi, tou

2. (noun) kindling.

Nā te whakaaro o Te Wharepōuri ka tukia anō rātou e Nuku-pewapewa, ka kī atu a ia ki a Te Kāeaea kia noho iho hei toutou, ā, hei wahie hoki mō ngā ahi a Nuku (TTR 1990:202). / Because Te Wharepōuri anticipated further attacks by Nuku-pewapewa, he told Te Kāeaea, that he could remain as kindling and as firewood for Nuku's fires.

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