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Tū

Tū proper noun: shortened form of Tū-mata-uenga, Māori for 'Tū of the angry face', one of the great gods of Māori mythology, and the origin of war.

Proper noun

Tū

  1. Shortened form of Tū-mata-uenga, Māori for 'Tū of the angry face', one of the great gods of Māori mythology, and the origin of war.

Questions about Tū

What does Tū mean?
Tū means shortened form of Tū-mata-uenga, Māori for 'Tū of the angry face', one of the great gods of Māori mythology, and the origin of war.
What part of speech is Tū?
Tū is a proper noun.

Words near Tū in the dictionary

  1. Tœufles
  2. Třeboň
  3. Třebíč
  4. Třinec
  5. Tŝilhqot'in
  6. Tū
  7. TŻO
  8. Tʻai-pei
  9. Tʻang
  10. Tʻien-tʻai
  11. T̓ít̓q̓et

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