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tiritiri

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Māori

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Etymology

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Reduplication of tiri “to scatter, to cast”.

Verb

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tiritiri

  1. to toss about
  2. to split, to share
  3. to scatter, to shimmer (of light)
  4. to disturb

Noun

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tiritiri

  1. scattering, apportion
  2. shimmering, flickering, mirage

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “tiritiri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, 5th edition, Wellington, N.Z.: Marcus F. Marks, page 496
  • John C. Moorfield (2011), “tiritiri”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
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