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kaumatuas

kaumatuas is the plural of kaumatua.

Meaning of kaumatua

Noun

kaumatua (plural kaumatuas or kaumatua)

  1. (New Zealand) In Māori culture, an elder; a respected older person.
    • The kaumatua would have rubbed the finished ring against belly and nose to make that shine, for many months.1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 313

Questions about kaumatuas

What is kaumatuas the plural of?
Kaumatuas is the plural of kaumatua.

Words near kaumatuas in the dictionary

  1. Kaul festivals
  2. kauluamine
  3. Kaumagraph
  4. Kaumagraphs
  5. kaumatua
  6. kaumatuas
  7. kaumographer
  8. kaumographers
  9. Kaumpurnah Zone I
  10. Kaumpurnah Zone II
  11. Kaumpurnah Zone III

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