tupuna

/ təˈpuːnə /

noun

1. a variant spelling of tipuna

Example Sentences

"We do not support their position and we do not want our tupuna or our iwi associated with their messages," the Ngati Toa tribe, or "iwi" in Māori, said in a statement, referring to the tribe's ancestry or "tupuna".

From Reuters

When the New Zealand parliament passed the Te Awa Tupua Act granting the Whanganui River system legal personhood, the decision sent waves across the globe, settling the longest water dispute in the nation’s history and establishing a unique legal framework rooted in the Māori worldview of the Whanganui tribes, who revere the river as a tupuna, or ancestor.

From The Guardian

Reserve dinner at Tupuna’s Restaurant for fresh coconut crab.

From Seattle Times

Pupu Tupuna is the name of a rabbit in a Fininsh children's book series by Pirkko Koskimiehen.

From The Guardian

At last this old lion was taken seriously ill, and removed permanently to the village; and one evening a smart, handsome lad, of about twelve years of age, came to tell me that his tupuna was dying, and had said he would "go" to-morrow, and had sent for me to see him before he died.

From Project Gutenberg