2. (noun) foetus, embryo, unborn child, fertilised egg.
Kia tae atu ki te wā ka kīia te pēpi he kukune, kua puta ngā wāhanga matua katoa o tōna tinana (RP 2009:272). / By the time the baby is said to be a foetus, all the main body parts have formed.
whakauru kukune
1. (noun) embryo insertion.
Ko te kōpū whāngai: Ka hapū te wahine mā te rautātea, mā te whakauru kukune rānei, hei whakawhānau pēpi mā tētahi atu (RP 2009:265). / Surrogate: Conception through artificial insemination or embryo insertion in order for a woman to give birth for someone else (RP 2009:266).
