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totohi

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to cut, divide, distribute, separate, endue.

Wahine i hanga kino, i haramai nei me āna ripi, hei totohi i ngā toihau (M 2004:40). / That woman of evil deeds, who came with her flints to gash the heads (M 2004:41).

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

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