tūmomo
1. (noun) manner, sort, type of, kind, variety, genre.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 7;)
Ki te kore he kai, kua riro mā tētahi o ngā tohunga e karakia, kua rere mai he kai ki runga ki te waka. He ika, he manu me ētahi atu tūmomo kai mata (HP 1991:9). / If there was no food, one of the tohunga would say a ritual chant and food would fly onto the vessel - fish, birds and other types of raw food.
Synonyms: tikanga, tū, ohaoha, tūpore, kano, ngāwari, momo, kātū
