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tawhio

1. (verb) (-tia) to go round, tour.

Kua tawhio te motu i ēnei waiata, e waiatatia ana hei tangi tūpāpaku, a hei waiata aroha (M 2004:116). / These songs are sung throughout the land, as laments for the dead and as songs of love.

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2. (modifier) encircling, enfolding.

Kia tūpato koutou ki ō koutou whare he mea whakakikī puru ki te tangata, hore he putanga mō te hau haunga, hore he tomonga mō te hau ora e noho tawhio ana i waho o ō koutou whare (KO 16/3/1888:7). / You should be careful with your houses when they are crammed full of people and there is no outlet for the stale air, and no inlets located around your houses for fresh air from the outside.

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