2. (verb) (-a) to move a canoe sideways - by plunging the paddle into the water and drawing it towards one.
Tīroua mai te ihu o te waka (W 1971:424). / Move the prow of the canoe this way.
3. (noun) pole, stick (used to reach something), pointed stick (used as a fork), fork.
Ko ngā wheua o te hunga maitai i patua nei he mea mahi hei tīrou kai, ā, ko ngā wheua o ngā hūhā he mea mahi hei tōrino, arā, hei rehu (TAH 51:17). / The bones of the foreigners who had been killed were made into forks for picking up food, and the thigh bones were made into flutes.
Synonyms: paoka, pūrou, pūrau, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, pou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu, koteo, tokotoko
