tūru
1. (loan) (noun) chair, stool, seat, bench, pew.
Kapi tonu ngā tūru katoa, kāti, rau atu, rau atu ngā mea i tū tonu i te kore tūru (TP 10/1909:3). / All the seats were full with hundreds and hundreds having to stand because there were no seats.
Synonyms: nōhanga, nohoanga, nohonga, pae noho, tāwhanawhana
2. (noun) moon on the thirtieth night after the full moon.
Koia nei te Turu - te rā hai whakaohooho i ngā puna waihanga o roto i te ngākau o tēnā, o tēnā (WT 2013:72). / This is Turu - the day when the creative spirit within the soul of each person is roused.
Tūru
1. (loan) (noun) Zulu - the largest ethnic group in South Africa.
Ko te rangatira o te Tūru i tono kia āwhina ia i te Ingarihi hei hoa whawhai te kupu a Tā Mirina, tino kōmihana o Āwherika, kaua e whakakorikoria te noho a te Tūru i roto i Taranawāra (TJ 26/10/1899:4). / The leader of the Zulus asked to help the English as an ally but Sir Milner, the African High Commissioner, said that the Zulus should not be moved from Transvaal.
tūru wīra
1. (loan) (noun) wheelchair.
I tana pānga e te mate rehu ohotata i te tau 1993 me te poronga atu o ōna waewae i te mate huka, haere tonu ai ia ki ngā hui a Te Ohu Kai Moana mā runga tūru wīra (TTR 2000:49). / After he had a stroke in 1993 and his legs were amputated because of diabetes, he continued attending the meetings of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission in a wheelchair.