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tio - oyster

Tio (i). 1. a. Sharp, piercing, of cold. Aue! te haupapa, tio tonu!

2. Pinched with cold. I porua ki te muka rawhiti me kore e riro mai mo taua e tioa nei e te hauhunga (S. ii, 45).

3. n. Ice.

4. Saxostrea glomerata, rock-oyster. Tiopara, Ostrea sinuata, mud-oyster.

5. Dicksonia squarrosa; a tree fern.

tiotio. 1. a. Having sharp projections, prickly.

2. n. Barnacle. Ka pirau noa iho tetahi taha o te wahine ra, ka tupuria e te tiotio (Pi. 135, 3). Tio (ii), v.i. Cry, call. Ko tenei manu, ko te komakohuariki, ki te haere nga waka ki te hi hapuku, ka tio taua manu, ara ka tangi.

tiotio, n. A bird.

Williams Dictionary

Kei te pai ngā tio ki a au.
I like oysters.
I like... - He pai ki a au...

He tio, he huka, he hau .
A touch of frost, a promise of a glorious day.

#97: Is Rangi helping Mere, it is Mere helping Rangi?
#33: I am going, I was going, I went.
#103: The mother is watching the children who are not playing
#143: You will be the one to do the dishes
#137: It was Rangi who farted
#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)
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