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tohipa

1. (verb) (-ngia) to pass by, turn aside, pass on one side, miss (a target).

I ngā tau kua tohipa, whakahokia ai ngā tūpāpaku ki te wā kāinga nehua ai i te taha o ō rātou tīpuna (Te Ara 2013). / In the past the dead were returned home for burial alongside their ancestors.

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Synonyms: tītaha, kape, kopa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakatipi, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakataha


2. (noun) dummy.

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