tohi

tohi

1. room

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

tohi

1. inflection of tohtima:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈtohi/ [ˈtɔhi]

From Proto-Polynesian *tofi (compare with Hawaiian kōhi “to slice leaves off taro corms, to chip or shave ice etc”, Rarotongan to‘i “to chisel away, to notch”, Tahitian tohi “to chisel wood, to chip ice etc”, Samoan tofi “to split, to cleave”) from Proto-Oceanic *topiq from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tebiq (compare with Balinese tebih “to split”)^[1]

tohi (passive tohia)

1. to cut or split something off esp. with a blade
   1. to chisel of a similar manner

      Synonym: whao

2. to separate

   Synonym: wehe

3. to divide

   Synonym: wehe

Maybe related to tahē variant of tahā (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

tohi

1. boiling vessel for cooking by placing heated stones in the water.

tohi (passive tohia)

1. to boil in such a method using said item

• kōhua

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “tohi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 504
• “tohi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.