Ko te whakapūmau taputapu piko he tukanga miihini e whakamahia ana hei whakaputa taputapu piko, he wāhanga nui i roto i ngā pūnaha tuku hiko, i ngā tono motuka, me ngā mīhini e hiahia ana ki te tuku hiko koki.

I roto ite whakawera taputapu piko, ka whakamahia he mīhini tunu kai me te taputapu tapahi oumu hei hanga i ngā niho o te taputapu. He rite te taputapu tapahi oumu ki te taputapu kutukutu me ngā niho kua tapahia ki tōna taha. I te hurihuri o te taputapu kore me te taputapu tapahi oumu, ka āta hangaia ngā niho mā te mahi tapahi. Ka tino whakahaerehia te koki me te hohonu o ngā niho kia tika ai te hononga me te mahi maeneene.

He tino tika, he tino whai hua hoki tēnei tukanga, ka puta he taputapu piko me ngā kōtaha niho tika, ā, he iti noa te haruru me te wiri. He mea nui te whakamahana taputapu piko ki ngā momo ahumahi e hiahiatia ana te nekehanga koki tika me te tuku mana, ā, ka whai wāhi ki te whakahaere maeneene o ngā pūnaha mīhini maha.