tohatoha
1. (verb) (-ina) to spread around, spread out, spread abroad, distribute, share, deal (cards).
Kātahi ka tahuri te manuhiri rā ki te tohatoha i tana kai, ka mutu te tohatoha, e kai ana (NM 1928:140). / Then the visitors set about distributing its food, and when the distribution was finished they eat.
2. (verb) to disperse, scatter, spread.
He maha anō hoki ō rātou hōia kua tohatoha haere i runga i ngā maunga (TJ 18/1/1900:1). / Many of their soldiers have dispersed on the mountains.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, kaupāpari, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara
3. (noun) distribution, allocation, sharing.
Kātahi ka tahuri te manuhiri rā ki te tohatoha i tana kai, ka mutu te tohatoha, e kai ana (NM 1928:140). / Then the visitors set about distributing its food, and when the distribution was finished they eat.
