2. (modifier) small (plural form).
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 44;)
He manuao ririki rawa iho ēnei, he torutoru ōna pū, he tere, ko tana tino rākau patu he tōpiro (TP 11/1899:3). / These are much smaller warships, with few guns, are faster and their main weapons are torpedoes.
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