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tomo - to enter, go into

Tomo (i), v.i. Be filled. E rua ano hekenga o te aho, kua tomo te waka i te mahi a te ika (T. 21).

whakatomo, n. 1. A large basket.

2. A display of the choicest food before one's companions at a feast. I muri i tera ko te whakatomo: ko te whakatomo, ka heria e au aku kai pai rawa ki te aroaro o taku huanga kai roto i te ope: ka tu ko tetahi ki te heri i tana whakatomo ki ana hoa. ‖ kokomo.

Williams Dictionary

Tomo (ii). 1. v.i. Pass in or out. I te mutunga ai o te karakia ki te tuaahu ka tomo ki roto ki to raua whare ko te wahine (T. 92). Tomo tahanga ki waho.

2. v.t. Begin. Ko nga mea i haere i mua hei tomo i te riri (T. 176). Tomokia te riri!

3. Assault, take by assault. Katahi ka tomokia te pa o Houmaitawhiti ratou ko ana tama e te taua a nga tangata o Uenuku ma (T. 62).

4. n. Storming party.

whakatomo, v.t. Cause to enter.

tomokanga, tomotomokanga, n. 1. Entrance, gateway. Ka riri mai ki a Hakawau kia haere i raro i nga huarahi noa, kaua e haere i runga i nga tomotomokanga o Puarata raua ko Tautohito (T. 177).

2. Capture, sack, of a pa. Heoi ano ka tupu hei whawhai; whawhai nei, a tae noa ki te tomokanga o te pa o Houmai-tawhiti, ratou ko ana tama e Toi raua ko Uenuku (M. viii).

Williams Dictionary

Ka tango rātou i ō rātou , ka tomo ai i te whare.
They took their shoes off and then went inside.
And then... - ...ka/kātahi... ai...

Kua tomo atu rātou, ki roto i te whare.
They have entered into the house.

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