Tūā (i). 1. v.t. Give a name to a child with accompanying religious ceremonies. Kua tuatia te tamaiti a Te Papa. ‖ 6, below.
2. Mention the name of any one. Ko te tuatanga tenei o tou ingoa e Ngati Porou.
3. Influence by means of a spell. Ko wai ra hei tua kia paki ai? (M.M. 10). Tuatia au, e Kio, kei hoki mai to wairua (M. 395).
4. Propitiate by an offering. Ka pai taua atua mehemea ka tuatia ia ki te kai.
5. n. Spell for various purposes. He karakia ano hoki mo Tawhirimatea, he tua mo te
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rangi (T. 8). ‖ Tua, tua, rangi nui, rangi roa, etc. (M.M. 10). Tūā moe, a spell used by fowlers to lull the tui to sleep. Tūā pana, a spell to facilitate childbirth. ‖ M. 353, 361. Tūa pā, a rite to ward off various ills, as puhore in fowling, disease or ill fortune from a child, ghostly visitations, etc.; also a post set up in connection with such rites. Me whakaara he tua pa mo nga tumanako, mo nga tuhira a te tangata.—Te tikanga o tena o te tua pa hai pa i te mate.—Ko te ingoa o taua pou, he tua pa tamariki. ‖ J. vii, 133.
6. An incantation used at the ceremony for removing tapu from an infant; also the ceremony itself. M. 75, 78. Giving the name was part of the ceremony; hence sense 1, above.
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Tua (i) 1. n. Back. To ana te marino i muri i to tua (M. 346). Kei taku tua, kei taku aro (M. 55). ‖ tuara, tuaroa, tuanui, tuarongo.
2. l.n. (‖ F.L. &ssect; 8). The farther side of a solid body. Koia te Ranga-a-Taikehu i tua atu o Motu-hoa (T. 78). Ki tua, kei tua, beyond. Tauware atu te maia ra, herehere kau ana te taura; ehara, kua puta ki tua (T. 154). Ka tikina, ka tirohia he moana kei tua (T. 75).
3. With mai or nei, this side. Otira ki tua mai ki Te Konaki (W.M. v, 7, 42). Ko tua na o tenei rohe, kei a koe; ko tua nei o taua rohe kei a au (W.M. vii, 2, 7). Ka haere mai ano ki tua nei (W. ii, 80).
4. The time past. Na wai koe i ki, a, hei tango i toku kainga; haere atu ! haere atu ! haere atu ! waiho iho te kainga o tua iho, o tua iho (T. 79). I te kai mai ano i tua nei, e ora ana ano maua (We took food a little while ago, and are still satisfied) (T. 176). ‖ tuārangi. Tuaiho, as one word, in old songs, those of old.
5. The future. Tukua atu ki tua, ki nga ra o te waru, e (P. 93). Anei tatou na, ki te po; ana tatou na, he ra ki tua (P.). Tua o rangi, the distant time, past or future. E kore e mohiotia a te whanako, ana mahara, hei tua o rangi pea ka kitea.
6. a. On the farther side. No hea e tuatuku ai to tere hei pere ki te tai o Hauraki tua? (M. 416). Tai tua or taitua, western sea. Ka haere i te tai tua o Rukuwai, ka haere tonu, a ka tae ki Waitara (T. 176). Kei te tai tua kei Te Taharoa au kawenga hianga ki a Te Paraha i te uru (M. 122).
tuatua, n. 1. Ridge, main range. Tenei aitua nui ka eke nei kei te tuatua tonu o Aotearoa motu e hohoni nei.
2. An outer garment worn by a chief on state occasions.
3. Amphidesma subtriangulatum, a bivalve mollusc. = kahitua, tairaki, taiwhatiwhati, kaitua.
tutuatanga, n. Ridge.
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Tua (iv), v.t. Fell, cut down. Katahi ra ka tuaina a Tane-ua-tika hei waka mou.—Ka riri te whanau a Tane. Ka tuaina e ia ki raro, ka tapahia te kauru (T. 55).
tuatua, v.t. Chop repeatedly. Ko te kore toki hei tuatua, hei heu mai (M. 230).
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