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Ti (i), n. Cordyline of several species. Taku ti kouru nui ka whati i te hau ripo (M. 215). The epithets awe, kauka, kouka, pua, rakau, and whanake indicated Cordyline australis; kapu, kupenga, matuku-tai, and toi, C. indivisa; torere, parae, ngahere, and sometimes awe and kapu, C. banksii; koraha, papa, and rauriki, C. pumilio; pore, C. terminalis. An edible variety not yet identified is known as ti mahonge, ti papa, ti para, page 414 ti tahanui, or ti tawhiti. Ti eiei is applied to a variety having a very strong fibre. Ti tuao, a variety of flax.

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Ti (ii), v.t. (obsolete except in the pass, forms, tingia, tinia). 1. Throw, cast.

2. Overcome, particularly of the emotions. Ka tingia a Maui e te whakatakariri (W. ii, 105). Ka tinia ra e te whakama (Pi. 133, 11).

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Ti (iii), n. A game. Called also ti takaro. Ka emi mai te mano o te tangata ki te haka, ki te waiata … ki te tii … ki nga mahi tinihanga a te maori (M. vii). Ti ringaringa, a game played by opening and shutting the hands while reciting certain verses. Ti rakau, a game in which wooden rods were thrown by the players from one to another in time to the words of a song.

tītī, n. 1. Sticks, about 18 in. long, thrown from one player to another in the game of ti rakau.

2. The uppermost lines of tattooing on the forehead.

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Ti (iv), tītī, v.i. 1. Squeak, make a sharp inarticulate sound. Ka titi mai te kiore i roto i te raupo. Used of boisterous uncontrolled laughter. Ka ti rawa atu te kotiro ra ki te kata (P. iv).

2. Tingle. Titi ana nga taringa.

tītī, n. Puffinus griseus, and perhaps other species, mutton-bird; also Pterodroma cooki, a petrel. He titi rere ao, ka kitea; he titi rere po, e kore e kitea (P. 28). Titi wainui, Pachyptila turtur, southern fairy prion, a sea bird. Manawa titi, having great endurance. ‖ He titi whangainga tahi (P.).

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