toha
1. (verb) (-ina) to spread around, spread out, spread abroad, spread, scatter, share, distribute, allocate.
Tohaina atu rā ēnei maioha, ēnei kupu whakamihi āku, a Te Taiti Te Tomo, ki ngā iwi o Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTT 1/4/1930:2035). / Distribute these affectionate greetings, these words of thanks of mine, of Te Taite Te Tomo, to the peoples of the East Coast.
Synonyms: tiri, tuari, wāhi, moka, wāhanga, wakawaka, hea, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, maheu, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara, rui, korara, tohatoha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha
2. (noun) spread, distribution, allocation.
Ko te rā ki muri nei he hēra; ko te tukupū mō te whānui o te toha o taua rā (M 2006:352). / The sail is now called 'hēra'; 'tukupū' is the broadness of the spread of that sail.
