1. Nurse, care for, rear (child). I really don’t know what to give him for looking after my child; Kua utuutu‘ia au mei te meā ra ē ‘e tamariki ‘ānau tika ai au nāna. I was brought up just as well as if I had been his own child.
1. (v.t.) to tend, to nurse; to care for, as an infant or sick person; to bring up, as a child; to nourish: .
e utuntu koe i a ia, kia oki mai au ka tutaki atu au i a koe /
you care for him, and when I return, I will pay or compensate you.
1. look after, care for .
E utuutu koe i a ia me hoki mai au naku e tutaki i a koe /
1. (adj.) spotted, spotty, marked with spots or discoloured places.
1. Aged, old (of people). Kua rua'ine rāi 'aia, nō reira i kore ei e kite mamao mai ia tāua. He is very old now, that's why he couldn't see us from a distance. Kua utuutu meitaki rātou i tō rātou ngā metua i tō rāua rua'ine'anga. They took good care of their parents when they got old. Tē kave nei au i te ‘apainga a teia va‘ine rua‘ine. I‘m carrying this old woman’s things for her.
2. An old person (especially an old woman). ‘Ā tā te rua‘ine rāi tā‘au ‘ākono‘anga. You are carrying on like an old woman. Ka ‘apai au i tēta‘i kai nā tērā rua‘ine. I‘m going to take that old person some food.