tui
1. (verb) (-a) to sew, thread on a string, thread.
Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.
Synonyms: tuitui
2. (verb) (-a) to lash, lace, bind.
3. (verb) to put through (the arm or hand through a loop), arm in arm.
4. (noun) string (on which anything is threaded), lashing.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 152;)
Ko te pona o te tui a Kahukura he mea tītorea te pona (NM 1928:151). / The knot of the Kahukura's string was a slip-knot.
