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titiro

1. (noun) (written material) refer.

titiro

1. (verb) (tirohia) to look at, inspect, examine, observe, survey, view.

Ahakoa titiro ki hea, he koraha, he whenua tūpā, he whenua tītōhea (HM 2/2009:10). / No matter where you looked, there was desert, flat country and barren land.

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Synonyms: tiro, mataara, mātātaki, mātaki, mātai, mātakitaki


2. (noun) inspection, gaze.

Ki tāku titiro kua tae tēnei ki te wā e tika ana kia ui tātou ki a tātou tonu ina hoki he nui tonu ā tātou tikanga Māori kua taea e tātou te whakarerekē (TTT 1/11/1921:5). / In my observation we have arrived at the appropriate time to question ourselves because there are many Māori customs that we can change.

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titiro māhoi

1. (verb) (tirohia māhoitia) to stare at, gape, gawk, gaze, watch, rubberneck.

Ko tāna hei whakautu i te titiro māhoi mai a tana hoa, ko te kī atu, ‘Ō hamuti.’ (HKK 1999:94). / His response to the staring of his friend was to say, 'Bugger you.'

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titiro korotaha

1. (verb) to look sideways, look askance, look suspiciously.

Nā ēnei mahi a te tangata whai i titiro korotaha ai a Te Rangitāke ki a rātou (TTR 1990:289). / Because of these activities of the settlers Te Rangitāke looked askance at them.

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Synonyms: kōripi, titiro pī, titiro whakakeko, titiro whakapī, matakarapa, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, korotaha, tiro korotaha


2. (noun) looking sideways, looking askance, looking suspiciously.

Ahakoa te tautoko a Maihi rātou ko ngā rangatira tokomaha i te kaupapa pāremata Māori ka tīmata tana titiro korotaha ki ngā mahi a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:44). / Despite the support of Maihi and the many chiefs for a Māori parliament he began to look suspiciously at what the government was doing.

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Synonyms: tiro korotaha

titiro whakakeko

1. (verb) to look askance, take a peek.

Tēnei rā kei te titiro whakakeko iho te kanohi ki te āhua o ngā rā mō tēnei marama o Ākuhata (TTT 1/8/1922:7). / Now we take a peek at the weather for this month of August.

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See also whakakeko

Synonyms: matakarapa, tiro korotaha, titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakapī, korotaha, whakarewha, whakarewharewha, tiro pī

tūingoa

1. (noun) noun, derived noun - a word used to refer to a person or thing or a verb made into a noun by adding a derived noun ending, e.g. Titiro ki te korimako! (Look at the bellbird!) where korimako is a tūingoa (noun).

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55;)

He tūingoa katoa ēnei kupu: 'whare', 'moenga', 'tūī', 'wheki' me te maha noa atu. / These words are all nouns: 'whare', 'moenga', 'tūī', 'wheki' and many more.

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Synonyms: kupuingoa

māhoi

1. (modifier) steady, fixed - especially in the phrase titiro māhoi.

Ko tāna hei whakautu i te titiro māhoi mai a tana hoa, ko te kī atu, ‘Ō hamuti.’ (HKK 1999:94). / His response to the staring of his friend was to say, 'Bugger you.'

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