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tokotoru

1. (stative) be three (people).

Kua tokotoru ngā mihinere Pākehā e mahi ana i tēnei koroni i roto i ngā Māori (TWMNT 25/1/1876:13). / There were three Pākehā missionaries working in this colony amongst the Māori.

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2. (modifier) three (people).

Ka tākiri te ata, ka heke iho ēnā tāngata tokotoru i te maunga (KO 15/10/1883:17). / In the morning those three men came down from the mountain.

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3. (noun) three (people).

Ko ēnei tokotoru i hopuhopukia i mauria e ahau ki runga tima (TP 10/1906:8). / These three people were caught and taken onto the ship.

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4. (noun) three of a kind (cards) - a poker hand that contains three cards of the same rank, plus two cards which are not of this rank nor the same as each other.

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