2. (verb) (-a) to dip up water, ladle.
Ka haere a Hotu-mauea ki tahaki kōtutu wai ai mā te whāereere i roto i te rua one (White 5 1888:18). / Hotu-mauea went to one side to ladle water in the sand hole for his mother.
3. (noun) ladle.
4. (noun) hand net - for catching fish.
Hei ngā pō kai ai te tuna, whai anō hei ngā pō puta ai te tangata ki te hopu i te tuna, mā te rama, mā te tao, mā te kōtutu (Te Ara 2016). / Eels feed at night, so people come out to catch eels in the dark, with a torch flare, spear and hand net.
