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tokorima

1. (stative) be five (people).

Mā ngā minita e pōti kia tokorima ngā minita (TTT 1/7/1926:420). / The ministers would vote for five ministers.

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2. (noun) five people, quintet.

Nō te 3 o Ākuhata 1854, ka angaanga ngā kaiātete, ka patua a Rāwiri me te tokorima o ana tāngata (TTR 1990:214). / In a confrontation on 3 August 1854 Rāwiri and five of his men were killed.

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Synonyms: tōrima, takirima

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