tuakana

See also: tuākana

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori tuakana.

Noun

tuakana (plural tuakanas or tuakana)

  1. (New Zealand) In Maori contexts, the elder brother of a male or the elder sister of a female; also, a same-sex cousin of a more senior branch of the family; (loosely), a mentor. [from 19th c.]
    • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 152:
      Among those who followed were, as might have been expected, Tāmati Wāka Nene and his older brother and tuakana, Patuone.

Maori

Noun

tuakana (irregular plural tuākana)

  1. older brother of a male
  2. older sister of a female
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