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tinitini

1. (noun) multitude.

Kātahi ka takoto te whakaaro kia heke mai ngā hapū nāna i mate ai a Kopuratahi me ōna hoa ariki e rima tekau rā, me te tinitini noa iho o te tāngata i mate i taua parekura (JPS 1927:360). / And so the subtribes that had slain Kopuratahi and his fifty highborn companions, and the multitude of people killed in that battle, planned to migrate here.

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Synonyms: tini, mano, marea, hākerekere, nuipuku, mātinitini, takitini, huhua, ngerongero, hira, ngero

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