tītaritari
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to scatter about, disperse, distribute.
He mea whakatakoto ngā tainamaiti ki te ara o ngā kāreti, te ohonga i oho ai, tītaritari ana ētahi o aua kāreti, e whā tekau tāngata i whara i taua tahunga (KO 15/11/1883:8). / The dynamite was laid on the carriage way and when it exploded some of the carriages were scattered about and forty people were injured in that explosion.
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to tear to sheds.
Tērā ngā raiona i ngā marae i Rānana, e rua tahi, i roto i te taiepa rino, ko te tourawhi, ko te uwha. Te haere rā tētahi taitama ki te mātakitaki. Ka kai nei ngā kanohi o te tangata rā, ā, nāwai ka whawhao atu te ringa ki roto ki te taiepa rino. Ehara! Te makanga mai o ngā peke o ngā raiona rā, tītaritari ana ngā kikokiko o te ringa tae noa ki te whatīanga (KO 15/9/1884:14). / There were a pair of lions in the zoo in London inside an iron fence, a male and a female. A youth went there and was watching them, and after a time he put his hand inside the iron fence. Surprise surprise! When the lions struck with their paws, the flesh of the arm was torn to pieces right up to the elbow.
3. (noun) acrobatics, scattering about.
Titiro ki te tītaritari, ki te porotēteke o taku manu tukutuku (TWK 34:17). / Look at the acrobatics and the tumbling of my kite.
