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tihi

1. (verb) to lie in a heap, piled up.

Tekau ngā taro e tihi ana i tōna aroaro (NM 1928:40). / There were ten taro piled up in front of her.

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Synonyms: kōputu, whakatahua, tāwhetawheta, tāwheta, kāike, pūhangaiti, kāika, putu, whakaputu, pūkei, pūranga, haupū, , pūkai, kāuki, haipū, pīhangaiti


2. (noun) summit, top, peak, point, apex, maximum.

Ko ngā tāngata e noho ana i te take o taua maunga pakapaka ana i te wera o te rā, ko te tihi o te maunga e hūhia ana e te huka (TTT 1/10/1927:664). / The people living at the foot of that mountain are baked by the heat of the sun, while the summit of the mountain is covered in snow.

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Synonyms: mōrahi, tongi, hiku, kūmore, raenga, akitu, paina, ngahu, tāmore, keokeo, matatihi, keo, tautara, tara, keokeonga, maunga, keho, tāpuhipuhi, karamata, koi, koinga, toi, toitoi, mata, matū, matamata


3. (noun) topknot (of hair).


4. (noun) green top shell, Trochus viridis - a univalve mollusc that lives on brown seaweed near low tide on rocky shores. The outside of the top-shaped shell is greenish grey to dull purple, the inside iridescent and the base almost flat.

See also tihipu

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