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tupunas

tupunas is the plural of tupuna.

Meaning of tupuna

Noun

tupuna (plural tupunas or tupuna or tūpuna)

  1. (New Zealand) An ancestor, especially a grandparent, in Maori culture.
    • […] tupunas are there, beside us, in the rain, and when the sun comes busting out.1998, Janet Hunt, Hone Tuwhare: A Biography, page 139

Questions about tupunas

What is tupunas the plural of?
Tupunas is the plural of tupuna.

Words near tupunas in the dictionary

  1. tups
  2. Tupsley
  3. tupstroside
  4. Tupton
  5. tupuna
  6. tupunas
  7. Tupungato
  8. tupuxuarid
  9. tupuxuarids
  10. Tupy
  11. Tupys

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