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tiritiri

1. (verb) (-a) to plant, till (the soil), cultivate.

Kei te tiritiri te wahine i te one. / The woman is tilling the soil.

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Synonyms: tipu, rumaki, tiri, kōkō, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa, marotiritiri, tanu, pou, rākau, tou


2. (verb) to apportion, share out, allocate, allot, distribute.

Kei reira rāua e tiritiri ana i te pūhanga ika i mau ki tā rāua kupenga (PK 2008:694). / There they were distributing the pile of fish caught with their net.

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