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tauhou - strange, unfamiliar; stranger

Tauhou. 1. a. Strange, unacquainted. He tauhou te whenua, he tauhou te tangata (T. 148).

2. n. Stranger, one unacquainted with a person or place. Kihai i roa te hahautanga mai o nga tauhou, kua nohio mai ko Paoa tera (T. 193).

3. Zosterops lateralis, blight bird. (mod.) ‖ tau (x).

Williams Dictionary

Nō te taenga mai hoki o ngā tauhou ki konei, ka arahina rātou e mātou ki te toka nei kia kite.
And when outsiders come to our district we lead them to this rock so they can see it themselves.
Belonging to the past - nō

E titiro ana te tauhou ki a au.
The stranger was looking at me.

E titiro ana te tauhou ki ahau.
The stranger was looking at me.

He mea tino tauhou ki te kite i te tamariki kāhore he ringa paru.
It is very strange to see a child without dirty henads.

E titiro ana ngā tauhou ki te nui o tērā rākau, o Tāne Mahuta.
The strangers gazed at the size of that tree, Tāne Mahuta.

Ka tae tētahi tauhou ki te kāinga.
A certain stranger came to the village.

#48: Rangi's bed is big
#29: I love you
#168: I make myself a man
#94: Cause the book to be open!
#117: He said, she said
#203: The house grew up
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