2. (modifier) sunken, submerged, immersed.
I āraia te wahapū o taua awa ki te kaipuke whakatotohu (MM.TKM 30/6/1856:5). / The mouth of that river was blocked with sunken ships.
3. (noun) immersion, submersion.
E ai ki te kōrero he whakatotohu nōna i ōna tūroro ki te wai mātao ka tae ake ngā pirihimana (TTR 1994:6). / His immersion of his patients with cold water is said to have led to the police arriving.
