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tutuki

1. (verb) to be finished, completed, achieved, done.

Ka noho, ka roa, ka tutuki i a Pōtatau tana hiahia kia kite ā-kanohi tonu ia i te kauhanga riri (TTR 2000:161). / Eventually Pōtatau got his wish to see the front line with his own eyes.

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Synonyms: eke, riwha, pahawa, porotutuki


2. (verb) reach the farthest limit, on the turn (of the tide), extend, succeed.

Ahakoa taitimu, taipari rānei, tū tonu te ia, me te ngaru hoki e tū ana. Engari kia tutuki rawa te tai, kātahi ka ngohengohe te ia (JPS 1946:30). / Whether it was ebb-tide, or flood-tide, the current ran strongly and its waves surged in. But when the tide was on the turn, then the current slackened.

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