1. (noun) ancestor, grandparent, grandfather, grandmother - singular form of tīpuna and the eastern dialect variation of tupuna. E kore au e kōrero he toa tōku ki te riri (TTT 1/9/1931:31). / I would never say that my ancestor was brave in battle. 1. (loan) (noun) teaspoon. Ka maka kia kotahi huka pango ki roto, ka kōrori kia rewa (TP 5/1909:4).

The role and responsibility to maintain the living, warm presence of a whare tipuna (ancestral house). It is here that the tikanga and expressions of it are maintained and safe guarded. The authenticity of kawa and belief are retold – whakapapa is kept and challenged against the communities storehouse of knowledge.

Tūwai was one of the tipuna that our kaumātua insisted on for all claims to Waikaremoana in the Native Land Court beside Pukehore and Hinewaho. His importance was in his children and mokopuna marrying into the Tūhoe hapū, thus strengthening the taharua bonds for Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana to Tūhoe.

No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine. Your grandmother is from the South Island. Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku... Ka tū mai Aorangi, te tipuna maunga o Waitaha. There stands Aorangi, the ancestral mountain of the Waikato people. Towards - mai. Ko ia te tipuna o Ngāti Porou. He is the ancestor of Ngāti Porou. Koia te tipuna o ...

Me ako whakataukī kia mōhio ai koe ki ngā whakaaro o ōu tīpuna. Learn proverbs so you know the thoughts of your ancestors. Simple sentences: you should - me

"Nau mai āku tamariki, ki tō kuia tipuna, arā, tō tipuna whāea. Nau mai ki te ao i tua o Papatūānuku, nau mai ki Rarohenga, te kāinga o ngā wairua." Ko ōku tīpuna, a Ranginui rāua ko Papatūānuku, i wehea kōrua, kia uru mai te māramatanga ki te ao.

One of the things Māori Language Week promoted was 'Ko wai ōku Tipuna?" This means "Who are my ancestors?" This page looks at the kupu and some of the tikanga around whānau. The first part is words for different people in the family. Below that is "my two cents" by me.

Ka tae mai ki te wai ki te kaukau ka tiro atu a tuatangata i te tipu o nga wahine ra, ehara i te hanga, ka hiahia atu ia ki a Maikuku-makaka. Ka mea tona tipuna:—“Hei raro koe o te mataaho, e ngaro ratou ki roto kia tere te hopu i tau e pai ai, koi ngohengohe ana nga matimati.”

Check 'tipuna' translations into English. Look through examples of tipuna translation in sentences, listen to pronunciation and learn grammar.

The basic format for whaikōrero is: tauparapara (a type of karakia); mihi ki te whare tupuna (acknowledgement of the ancestral house); mihi ki a Papatūānuku (acknowledgement of Mother Earth); mihi ki te hunga mate (acknowledgement of the dead); mihi ki te hunga ora (acknowledgement of the living); te take o te hui (purpose of the meeting).