tohutō

Definitions

A macron in Maori.

Examples

“The class also wanted to get⟳ local businesses on board⟳ to change⟳ their signage to reflect⟳ the tohutō.”

“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.”

“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.”

“A new integrated Māori keyboard will help⟳ to increase⟳ the visibility and use⟳ of tohutō.”

“Tohutō denote long vowels when the original document has them. Keri wrote her letters to us on a typewriter, with no tohutō option, and sometimes added tohutō by hand, as with ‘He Hōhā’, sometimes not. When she typed ‘Ōkārito’, if she added a tohutō it was usually only to the ‘Ō’. Others also omit tohutō.”

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