tirotiro - to look, gaze upon, investigate
tirotiro. 1. v.i. Look about. Ka tirotiro te manuhiri nei ki nga pungarehu o te ahi nei (T. 186).
2. v.t. Investigate.
Williams Dictionary
Tirotiro ai ia i ngā pānui mō ngā matenga i ia rā, i ia rā.She checks out the death notices religiously every day.Habitual action - ai
I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Kātahi ka tirotiro atu mātou i ngā toa mō te ahiahi.We then had a look around the shops for the afternoon.And then... - kātahi ka...
Oho rawa ake ia i te ata, ka tirotiro haere, kua ngaro kē `na hoa.When he finally woke up in the morning, [he] looked all around, but his friends had disappeared.
I te kōanga te wā pai mō te tirotiro i tērā wāhi.The best time to see that area is in the spring.
