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tiriwā

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to plant at wide intervals.

Tiriwātia, kia awe te oti (W 1971:424). / Place them at wide intervals so we will complete it soon.

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2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to separate, place apart.

Ka utua e mātou ngā pauna moni e rima ki te tangata māna e whāki mai ki runga ki te ritenga o te ture te tangata, ngā tāngata rānei, nāna i wāwahi i ngā taiepa e tiriwā ana i ō mātou kāinga (TWM 2/7/1868:1). / Wewill pay five pounds to the person who reveals to us, according to the law, the person, or people, who broke down the fences separating our homes.

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Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi


3. (verb) (-tia) to fill (a gap), stop (a gap).

Ki te kore he tamariki hei tiriwa mō ngā kaumātua e mate ana, he mea mārama noa he ngaro he mutunga mō te iwi Māori (TP 2/1907:9). / If there are no children to replace the elders dying, it's quite clear that in the end the Māori people will disappear.

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4. (noun) space, interval, compartment, district.

Kia whakaritea tikatia ngā Rūnanga Māori, kia whai mana ai te whakatakoto tikanga mō ngā mea ririki o tōna tiriwā (TMT 15/2/1861:2). / That the Māori Rūnauga lawfully constituted should have power to recommend regulations for the local affairs of its district.

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