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tuakoi

1. (verb) (-tia) to divide, separate.

He mea tuakoi te rūma kia motuhake mai te wāhi mātakitaki pouaka whakaata i te wāhi kai (PK 2008:986). / The room was divided so that the place for watching television was separated off from the dining room.

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Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi


2. (noun) boundary, division.

Ko tāna, kei noho kei whakararurarutia ngā tuakoi whenua o te rohe o Te Wairarapa (TTR 1994:47). / In his opinion the Wairarapa land boundaries should not be upset.

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3. (noun) hemisphere.

Ko te weheruatanga o te ao tētahi rārangi huri āwhio i a Papatūānuku, i waenga pū i te tuakoi raki me te tuakoi tonga (RP 2009:438). / The equator is a line encircling the Earth midway between the northern and southern hemispheres.

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