Toi (i). 1. n. Tip, point, summit. Ka haere ake tona atua i raro ka mau ki te toi o te hoe a te kaiwhakatere o tona waka (W.M. xi, 65). Tae atu ia ki te toi o tetahi maunga (W. i, 49).
2. Finger, toe. Kowhakina mai ana te ahi i te toi iti o nga matikara (T. 24). Toi nui, thumb, great toe.
3. The rod used in the game of ti rakau. Ko te rakau he tawa, pokinakinatia ai, tataitia ai ki te huruhuru manu, he toi te ingoa o taua rakau (W. iii, 83).
4. A beater used to separate the pulp from the fibre of ti para after it had been cooked.
5. Citadel of a pa. Haere ana ia, rokohanga atu e ia e noho ana te kaitiaki o te toi (T. 54). = toitoi.
6. Origin, source of mankind. Ki te toi o te tangata i rauhitia ai e Io-matua i te Hono-i-wairua.—Taku tamaiti, e, i puta mai ra koe i te toi kai Hawaiki (S. ii, 51). He toi tupu, he toi ora, he toi i ahua mai i Hawaiki (K.).
7. In the expression toi whenua, home, birthplace. He wa moana ki taku toi whenua (S. 22).
8. Native, aboriginal. He toi matou no te moutere nei.—Ka mahara a Manaia he toi tupu tonu ake (Speaking of Ngatoro and his party). Sometimes also toi whenua. Katahi ka karanga atu te toi whenua (J. ii, 148).
9. Art, knowledge. Kia mau ki te toi hanga whare, ara ki te whakatupu tangata.
10. A wahi tapu in which the refuse from the mara tautane was burned in a hangi.
11. A species of fungus with a conical head which grows about deserted dwellings.
12. v.t. Prepare the pulp of ti para by pounding after it has been cooked.
totoi, n. Miro australis, robin. = karuwai, moioio, piero, pihere, pitoitoi, tariwai, taruwai, tatawai, titiwahanui.
toitoi, n. 1. Top, summit. Ka okioki ratou i nga toitoi o nga maunga (W. i, 22).
2. Citadel of a pa. Kei te toitoi o te pa, kei waenganui pu o te pa.
3. Gobiomorphus gobioides, a small fish which sleeps in shoals in fresh-water lakes. Tenei nga iwi te takoto tonu nei, me he moe toitoi (Of those who would not be roused to avenge an injury) (M. 12). = hawai, maruru, tipokopoko, titarakura, titikura.
4. Cookia sulcata, a univalve mollusc. = kaeo, kākara, karaka, karekawa, karikawa, ngaeo, pupa karekawa.
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5. Petroica toitoi, pied tit. = kikitori, komiromiro, mauipotiki, mimiro, mirumiru, ngirungiri, pipitore, pipitori, tane-tewaiora.
6. Finschia novaeseelandiae, brown creeper; a bird. = pipipi, titirihika.
7. A variety of flax.
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Toi (ii), toitoi. 1. v.i. Move quickly, trot. Ka toi au ki Hawaiki (M. 87). Toi atu ana taku haere ki te whaka whitihanga i Taopo (S.). Kia toitoi te haere.
2. v.t. Encourage, incite. Toitoi waka, a song to encourage paddlers in a canoe. ‖ Sh.T. 167. Mauria atu aku rongo ki Wharemauku hei toitoi waka atu ma te ati ki te rae ki Te Uruhi (S.).
3. Fish for eels, kokopu, etc., with a bob. whakatoi, whakatoitoi, v.t. 1. Annoy, tease, irritate.
2. Mock, flout. Ka mahue atu te wairua o te kuri ki roto ki taua rakau noho ai, a ka whakatoi tonu ia ki nga tangata ora o nga whakatupuranga i muri i a Ihenga.—E koro tukino, e koro mate i te whakatoitoi (M. 159).
3. Answer perversely or rudely.
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