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tohutō

tohutō noun: a macron in Maori.

Noun

tohutō (plural tohutō)

  1. A macron in Maori.
    • The class also wanted to get local businesses on board to change their signage to reflect the tohutō.2022 September 22, Alisha Evans, “Ōmokoroa finally gets a macron after school kids campaign”, in Stuff, Wellington, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022
    • NZ Post chief customer officer Bryan Dobson said that they understand that tohutō in te reo Māori are an essential element of the Māori alphabet and were trying to make their system compatible.2022 October 3, Tamara Poi-Ngawhika, “NZ Post moves to recognise Māori macrons and new words”, in Te Ao Māori News, Auckland: Māori Television Service, archived from the original on 30 Nov 2025

Examples of tohutō in a sentence

  • The new billboard design will also feature a tohutō on the O of Ōmokoroa, following a successful campaign by Ōmokoroa Point School’s Room 10.2022 October 22, “Ōmokoroa Point School‘s new billboard design”, in SunLive, Tauranga: SunMedia, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21...
  • A new integrated Māori keyboard will help to increase the visibility and use of tohutō.2023 March 26, Pokere Paewai, “Conversation with son leads to creation of integrated Māori keyboard”, in Radio New Zealand, Wellington...
  • Tohutō denote long vowels when the original document has them.2024 November 11, Spiral Collectives, “Introduction”, in Keri Hulme: Our Kuru Pounamu, 3rd edition, Wellington: Spiral Collectives, →ISBN...

Forms of tohutō

pluraltohutō

Origin of tohutō

Borrowed from Māori tohutō.

Questions about tohutō

What does tohutō mean?
Tohutō means a macron in Maori.
How do you use tohutō in a sentence?
The new billboard design will also feature a tohutō on the O of Ōmokoroa, following a successful campaign by Ōmokoroa Point School’s Room 10.
What part of speech is tohutō?
Tohutō is a noun.
What is the plural of tohutō?
The plural of tohutō is tohutō.

Words near tohutō in the dictionary

  1. tohu-bohu
  2. tohubohu
  3. tohunga
  4. tohungaism
  5. tohungas
  6. tohutō
  7. TOI
  8. toi, toi, toi
  9. Toia
  10. Toias
  11. Toiberry

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