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tuanui - roof

Tuanui (i), n. 1. Roof of a house. Ka puta ki runga o te tuanui o te whare tu ai (T. 72).

2. Bark of male tree of totara.

Williams Dictionary

Tuanui (ii), a. Harsh, overbearing. Tuanui noa atu to kupu ki tou tuakana.

whakatuanui, v.i. Be overbearing or arrogant, bluster.

Williams Dictionary

Kua te pākete i raro i te turuturu i te tuanui.
The bucket under the hole in the roof is full.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kei whea te tuanui?
Where is the roof?

#147: The boy in the library
#87: How many pens are there?
#180: Your hair is weird
#63: You should talk to your mother
#178: She immediately cried and is still crying.
#177: The really happy fish will indeed return
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