māhiti
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to sort, separate, grade, select.
Arā atu te roanga o ēnei kōrero, ā, ko te wāhi tēnei i māhititia mō te pukapuka nei (RK 1994:19). / There are further narratives, but this is the section selected for this book.
Synonyms: kōwae, kaiwhiri, kōwhiti, kōhari, kōwhiri, whiriwhiri, kōhiti, kōwaewae, tokorau, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, nahenahe
2. (modifier) sorting, separating, grading.
I riro nā Rona tonu i whakahaere te mahi māhiti me te mahi hoko mai i ngā rau, riro ana tēnei ko ngā tupeka tuatahi i hokona atu ai i te rohe o Whakatū ki tāwāhi i te tau 1935 ki 1937 (TTR 1998:65). / Rona supervised the grading and buying of the leaves for the first tobacco to be sold overseas from Nelson province between 1935 and 1937.
Synonyms: tauārai
