tui

tūī

1. (noun) tūī, parson bird, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae - a songbird that imitates other birds' calls and has glossy-black plumage and two white tufts at the throat.

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1. (verb) (-a) to sew, thread on a string, thread.

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Synonyms: tuitui

2. (verb) (-a) to lash, lace, bind.

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Synonyms: kōtui, pawero, kaui, tuitui, kōtuitui, whakarorerore, mimire, ruruku, whiu, tātā, whiwhita, tauhere, mīmiro, karawhiu, rona

3. (verb) to put through (the arm or hand through a loop), arm in arm.

4. (noun) string (on which anything is threaded), lashing.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 152;)

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Synonyms: whiunga, tuitui, mīmiro

korokoro tūī

1. (noun) sweet singer, melodious voice.

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2. (noun) articulate speaker, witty speaker.

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kawau tūī

1. (noun) little black shag, Phalacrocorax sulcirostris - a wholly black shag with a green gloss, long, slender, dark grey bill, green eyes and black feet.