kutikuti
1. (verb) (kūtia) to open and shut alternately, cut with scissors or shears, shear.
2. (noun) scissors, shears, clippers.
Me tino koi te kutikuti kia māmā ai te tapahi i ōna makawe. / The scissors should be very sharp so that it will be easy to cut her hair.
Synonyms: katikati
3. (noun) shearing.
Kia maroke ngā hipi, kutikutia kia pai te kutikuti, kia tūpato kei motu te kiri kei pērā me tā te kaikuti tūpato kore (TWMNT 28/5/1873:60). / The sheep should be dry, shear them carefully lest the skin is cut like the work of the careless shearer.
