2. (verb) (-tia) to sort out, separate out.
Hari nui ana tana ngākau i te wā i whakaritea ia hei hoa mō tana tuakana ki te kōmiri waro, arā ki te panga i ngā kōwhatu aha noa ki waho (TWMNT 2/7/1873:75). / He was overjoyed at the time it was arranged that he accompany his older brother to sort coal, that is to throw out the stones and foreign matter.
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