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tūākiri

1. (verb) to be wounded (in battle).

Nō te mea kua tūākiri kē ia, kua haere ki te hōhipera (HP 1991:178). / Because he had been wounded, he had gone to the hospital.

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2. (modifier) wounded (in battle).

Ko te hiwi i pikitia nei e mātau, e horahora ana te hunga tūākiri me te hunga mate, ānō kua āta ruingia te whenua ki te tinana tangata (TPH 15/1/1900:7). / The wounded and the dead were spread out over the hill we climbed as though the land had been carefully sown with bodies.

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3. (noun) wound, injury.

I tae māua ki ngā hōhipera ki te tirotiro i ngā tamariki. Ka nui te pai o ngā mea e māmā ana ngā tūākiri, ko ētahi anō he hanga aroha - kua kore te ringa, te waewae (TKO 12/5/1918:12). / We arrived at the hospitals to look at the children. The ones who had minor injuries were really well, but it was sad for others - they no longer had a hand or a leg.

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