tiritiri

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Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of tiri “to scatter, to cast”.

Verb

tiritiri

  1. to toss about
  2. to split, to share
  3. to scatter, to shimmer (of light)
  4. to disturb

Noun

tiritiri

  1. scattering, apportion
  2. shimmering, flickering, mirage

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tiritiri”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 496
  • “tiritiri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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