tūtahi
1. (modifier) independent, separate.
He uri nō ngā hapū o Ngā Puhi, o Ngāti Rangi, o Ngāti Rāhiri, o Ngāti Hine me te iwi tūtahi nei a Ngāti Wai (TTR 1990:114). / He was connected by descent to Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Hine, and to the independent tribe Ngāti Wai.
Synonyms: kōwaewae, tokorau, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehe, whakawehewehe, īheuheu, tūhāhā, ihi, wawae, kōwai, tāuke, tāwaewae, nahenahe, kōwae, māhiti, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wehewehe, whakatāuke, tiriwā, tīwae, heu, tuakoi, whakawehe, whakapirara, tāwae, totohi
2. (modifier) solitary.
Taku ate hoki rā, taku rātā tūtahi, taku whakamarumaru (M 2006:176). / You were my heart, my solitary rātā tree, my shelter.
3. (modifier) whole.
Ko te tikanga o te tauraro, he tohu i te maha o ngā wehenga ōrite o tētahi mea tūtahi (TRP 2010:115). / The meaning of a negative is that it is a symbol of how many like divisions there are of a whole thing.
