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tahuri

1. (verb) (-tia) to turn, accept.

Kātahi ka hoatu ngā moni ki ngā Māori, ki te kore e tahuritia aua moni e rātou kātahi ka mahia i raro i ngā tikanga o te Ture mō ngā Rerewē (TW 24/11/1874:44). / Then the money was offered to the Māori, and if that price was not accepted by them, then the matter was dealt with under the procedures of the Railways Act.

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Synonyms: whakaae


2. (verb) to be sunk, capsized, overturned.

I te moana te waka nei ka aituā ka tahuri ki waho o Te Kohekohe, he wāhi e tata ana ki Uawa. Ka tahuri rā te waka, ka pupuri ētahi ki te waka, ka kau ia a Te Manuhou me tētahi atu ki uta (TP 8/1905:5). / While at sea off Te Kohekohe, a place near Tolaga Bay, this vessel had a mishap and capsized. When the vessel capsized some clung to the vessel, but Te Manuhou and another swam ashore.

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Synonyms: whakataupoki, takahuri, porohuri, urupoki, huripokinga, tūpoki, whakatakahuri, totohu, torongi, whakarukuruku, paremo, taupunga, puoto, kāraha


3. (verb) to be turned, set about, turn over, turn to, set to work.

Ka tahuri ia ki te whawhati kānga, ka tari ki rō whata, i ngā tōnapi ki rō whare (TWK 6:31). / He set about picking the corn and taking it into the storage place, and the turnips into the house.

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Synonyms: anga, kohuki, whakamahi


4. (verb) to be swamped, flooded, inundated.

He pā tēnei kāore i tahuri i ngā waipuke o mua, hei tēnei waipuke ka tahuri (TP 8/1906:11). / This fort had not been swamped by floods before, but in this flood it was swamped.

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5. (verb) to be overthrown (of a ).

Ka tika kē mai taua taua ki Hātaitai, ki Uruhau, ki Te Aka-tarewa, ki Te Wai-hirere, kia tahuri ēnei pā (JPS 1919:90). / The war party headed straight for Hātaitai, Uruhau, Te Aka-tarewa and Te Wai-hirere to overthrow these pā.

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