tīheru
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to bail water (out of a canoe).
I te pō kua rere ā-moana te wai ki roto i te tima kua kore i kaha te mapu, kua haere tonu ko ngā tāngata i runga ki te tīheru i te wai (TKO 20/1/1920:7). / In the night the sea water flowed into the ship and the pump was no longer able to cope so the people on board had to bail out the water.
2. (noun) bailer.
Ko Te Tīheru-a-Mataatua, he moutere pakupaku kei te taha o Motu Kōkako, koinei te wāhi i taka te tīheru o te waka ki te wai, kia pae ki uta (Te Ara 2013). / Te Tīheru-a-Mātaatua (the bailer of Mātaatua), an islet next to Hole in the Rock where the canoe bailer fell into the water and was washed ashore.
Synonyms: tatā
