pītoto
1. (verb) (-a) to beg, scrounge.
Ko ngā whare kua tanuku, kua hingahinga i te kore moni hei whakaora. Kua whai mai te tangata ko ngā tāone ki reira pītoto ai, ā, kāore hoki e ora i te kore tonu o te kai (TTT 1/11/1921:10). / The houses have collapsed and fallen over because of a lack of finances to renovate them. Then the people have gone to the towns to beg as they will not survive if there is no food.
2. (noun) begging, scrounging.
Noho ana i runga i te kāhua tangata, he hanga whakamā hoki ki a mua te pītoto ki te kai (TWMNT 24/12/1873:187). / They lived like men, for in former times they were ashamed to beg for food.
