Tainui, n. Pomaderris apetala, a shrub. So called as it is traditionally reported to have grown from the skids of the Tainui canoe.
Williams Dictionary
He aha te mahi a Tainui i te rā nei?What is Tainui doing today?What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Ka haere tonu a Tainui, ā, ka pahemo i tētahi moutere.Tainui went on and passed an island.Conjunctions - and - ā
Ko Tainui te waka.Tainui is the canoe.
Ko Tainui me Te Arawa ngā waka.Tainui and Te Arawa are the canoes.
Kei te pānui a Tainui te pukapuka ki ngā kōhungahunga.Tainui is reading the book to the young people.
