tupari maunga

Maori

Etymology

From tupari (“palm-leaf fern”) +‎ maunga (“mountain”).

Noun

tupari maunga

  1. Gahnia xanthocarpa, a tussock-forming sedge native to New Zealand.

Further reading

  • “tupari maunga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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