2. (noun) grandchildren, grandchild - child or grandchild of a son, daughter, nephew, niece, etc.
He mokopuna a Whātonga nā Toi-te-huatahi (JPS 1913:188). / Whātonga was Toi-te-huatahi's grandchild.
3. (noun) descendant.
Ika-tere
1. (personal name) son of Punga and grandchild of the atua, Tangaroa. He fled to the sea with his children, the fish, to escape the wrath of Tāwhiri-mātea.
Nā Tangaroa tonu hoki ko Punga, nā Punga tokorua o āna, ko Ika-tere, ko Tū-te-wehiwehi, ko tētahi ingoa ōna ko Tū-te-wanawana, e rua ōna ingoa (NM 1928:2). / From Tangaroa came Punga and Punga had two children, Ika-tere and Tū-te-wehiwehi, also called Tū-te-wanawana. He had two names.
See also atua
