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tūturu - fixed, permanent, definite; to be true, real, original

Tūturu, tuturu. ‖ turu (iii), (v), (vi).

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tūturu, a. Fixed, permanent. A haere ana, noho rawa atu i Arahura, ka tuturu te noho i reira (T. 68).

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tuturu, n. 1. Upright, post, in a building; jamb of a door, etc. Titaha ana nga tuturu o te whare.—Ka rere ano te tangata ra, noho noa atu i runga i te tuturu (here it is used of the upright of a weaving frame).

2. Stage on which a corpse was laid out. = atamira.

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tūturu, v.i. Kneel. Tuturu ou turi. = tūturi.

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Ko te kāinga tūturu o Amaru kei Pōneke.
As for Amaru's permanent home, it's in Wellington.
Identity sentences - ko...

Hei aha te pata , tīkina te pata tūturu.
Never mind the margarine, get the real butter.
Never mind the... No worries! - Hei aha te..., Kia ahatia@

Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.
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Kia tūturu, ka whakamaua kia tīna! Tīna!
Permanently fixed, established and understood!

Kei te ako au i ētehi karakia tūturu.
I am learning some traditional karakia.

#9: I'm very sick
#77: In the future, the children will tidy their room
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#154: Mere is the state of dancing
#171: Is it really, really red or is it reddish.
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