tūmū
1. (modifier) projecting, protruding, sticking out.
Ka tae ki Whangārei kātahi ka tino nui rawa te hau, hūkere ana te ngaru, me te pōuri anō o te rangi, tē kitea ngā wāhi tūmū me ngā wāhi kōhatu (TH 2/7/1860:2). / When they reached Whangārei then the wind was extremely strong, the waves were sheer and the sky was so dark that the outcrops and the rocky places could not be seen.
2. (noun) promontory, headland.
Kātahi ka mea te kīngi o Potukara, ko ētahi o ōna tāngata me haere ki Awherika ki te mātakitaki whenua; ko te taha ki te hauāuru o Awherika he pari, he tūmū e kōkiri ana ki te moana (TWMNT 30/7/1873:83). / Then the king of Portugal said that some of his men must go to Africa to see the land; The western coast of Africa has cliffs and headlands jutting into the sea.
Synonyms: mātārae, kūmū, koi, matamata, kūrae, more, koraenga, mātārae, kūraenga, ponaihu, koutu, matamata, kūmore, rae, raenga
3. (noun) going against the wind.
E ora ai ia, ka tahuri te kaumoana ki te raupapa i te āhua o tana hōpara, ka whakamahi ia i ngā rautaki maha ina: te tūmū, inarā te hoe ki te ihu o te hau – koinei ngā hekenga tuatahitanga, te hōpara ā, ka hoki mai, e kitea ai mehemea he moutere kei te taha noho tuwhera o ō rātou ake moutere (Te Ara 2013). / So that he could survive, the crew set about exploring and putting into effect many strategies: Against the wind – this was the initial search-and-return voyage, to find out whether there were islands on the exposed side of the home island.
