tuturuatu

Maori

Etymology

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Noun

tuturuatu

  1. shore plover (Charadrius novaeseelandiae)
    Synonym: kohutapu
  2. alternative form of tuturuwhatu (“New Zealand dotterel”)

Further reading

  • “tuturuatu” 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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