To fiddle or meddle with something you probably shouldn't. 'Stop tutu-ing with it.'
"Don't tutu with the settings, you'll break it."
"He was tutu-ing around in the shed all day."
Te Reo & Pacific Influence · New Zealand slang
Tutu
Origin & notes
Te reo Maori origin; universal Kiwi parenting vocabulary.
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