tūturi
1. (verb) to kneel, bend the knees.
I kitea te tūpāpaku e tūturi ana, e whārōrō ana, e tū ana, engari e tāpapa ana te nuinga, pango tonu anō i pania ki te tā, ko ngā hōia e mau tonu ana ki ngā pū (TP 1/6/1902:2). / The corpses were seen kneeling, stretched out, or standing, but the majority were lying face down and quite black covered with with tar and the soldiers were still holding on to their guns.
See also tūturu
2. (noun) matagouri, wild Irishman, Discaria toumatou - a spiny tangled shrub with small, leathery, dark green leaves and long thorns, common especially in the South Island.
See also tūmatakuru
Synonyms: tūmatakuru
