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tupuna, n. N.Z.
Brit. |ˈtʊpənə|, U.S. |ˈtʊpənə|, N.Z. |ˈtʊpʊnʌ|
Plural unchanged, -s
Forms: 18– tipuna, 18– tupuna
[‹ Maori tipuna, tupuna grandparent, ancestor.]
An ancestor; a grandparent.
1845E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. II. 113, I would do anything else to show you my love and friendship, but you must not ascend my tipuna, or ancestor. 1887Auckland Weekly News 19 Mar. 8 This stream is called Rangoriri, after an old native tupuna, who fell in and was scalded to death. 1921F. O'Brien Mythic Isles of S. Seas xviii. 382 He did come back..and to her questions replied that he had had a delightful visit to her tupuna. 1986Landfall 160 492 Only his ‘tipuna’ had the gift of communication, and now he was dead. 2005N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 26 Nov. I want to challenge Maori to..lift ourselves to a status our tupuna dreamed for us. |