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Definition of Toitoi
1. Noun. Used by Maoris for thatching.
Definition of Toitoi
1. toetoe [n -S] - See also: toetoe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toitoi
Literary usage of Toitoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"TOI, ) to trot, to move briskly: Kei te toi poto, toitoi, fa, i te ata kei le
toi roa—PM, ... toitoi, the name of a bird, the New Zealand Creeper (Orn. ..."
2. An Ainu-English-Japanese Dictionary (including A Grammar of the Ainu Language.) by John Batchelor (1905)
"M. Earth. Soil. The ground. toitoi-ne, MK*, ± l- f fvt To crumble into earth.
toitoi-taktak, MM*$*9, ± J(|. ?i. A clod of earth. ..."
3. Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany by Ernst Dieffenbach (1843)
"... and the colour on the chest is darker, with the base of the lower mandible pale.
Found on the Chatham Islands. 28. Miro toitoi. ..."
4. Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany by Ernst Dieffenbach (1843)
"... and the colour on the chest is darker, with the base of the lower mandible pale.
Found on the Chatham Islands. 28. Miro toitoi. ..."
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