2. (adjective) be plump.
Synonyms: pukunati, māretireti, kunekune, takapū
3. (noun) foetus.
Kua whakatinana mai te kune, te kākano i ruia mai i Rangaātea (PK 2008:357). / The foetus becomes a body, a seed sown in Rangiātea.
kūne
1. (loan) (noun) schooner - a fore-and-aft rigged ship with two or more masts, the foremost being smaller than the other masts.
Kīhai i roa ka ū ki Kārewa ngā kaipuke kūne, ā ka utaina ngā wāhine me ngā tamariki ki aua kaipuke ka tukua ki Tauranga (TW 7/12/1878:612). / It wasn’t long before some schooners arrived at Kārewa and the women and children were loaded on those ships and taken to Tauranga.
Synonyms: rewa rua
