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tokotoko

1. (verb) to prop up.

Nāna i tokotoko te rangi, ka mārama (JPS 1896:112). / It was he who propped up the skies, then it was light.

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Synonyms: tauteka, toko, whakatete, tautoko


2. (verb) to walk with a stick.

Ko Paoa kua koroheketia, e tokotoko ana (NM 1928:169). / Paoa had become elderly and walked with a stick.

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3. (noun) walking stick, pole, staff, cane, crutch.

Ā mate noa ia, noho hauā ake ana tana waewae i tana wharatanga, hīkoi haere ai ia me te mau tokotoko, pūtu hāparapara anō hoki (TTR 2000:19). / And until he died, his leg remained lame from his injuries, walking with a stick and surgical boots.

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Synonyms: koteo, toko, tiripou, turupou, tumutumu, tumu, pōra, poupou, pou, tīrou, tōpito o te ao, pōhi, turuturu

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