tō
1. (verb) (-ia) to drag, haul, pull, open or shut (a sliding door or window).
Ka hopukina au, kātahi ka tō haeretia ki te awa (HP 1991:20). / I was caught and then dragged along to the stream.
Synonyms: kumekume, kāhakihaki, kukume, kume
2. (verb) (-ia) to drag (computers) - move an item on the screen by touching the item on a screen and then sliding the finger across the screen or by pressing and holding down the left mouse button while moving the mouse.
3. (verb) (-ia) to open or shut (a sliding door or window).
4. (noun) dragging, pulling.
Kāre tahi kā tākata o te kāika i mahara, ē he hoariri tēnei. Heoi, ka whanatu rātau ki te mau neke atu kia pai ai te tō mai i kā waka ki uta, me te whāwhai atu anō ō rātau ki te tō i kā waka ki uta (JPS 1901:89). / The people of the place had no idea that this was a hostile party, and therefore they proceeded to take down skids in order to facilitate hauling the canoes ashore, and hastened to assist in dragging them up.
5. (noun) portage.
E kī ana te kōrero i tōia te waka mā te tō waka kei Tāmaki i mua i te haerenga ki Hokianga mā te takutai moana (Te Ara 2013). / It is said that the canoe was dragged across the Auckland isthmus via the canoe portage before travelling along the coast to Hokianga.
Synonyms: tōanga waka
