tipuna tāne
1. (noun) male ancestor, grandfather, great grandfather, forefather.
Ko ngā kāinga noho o ōna mātua me tōna tipuna tāne, me Muretū, ko Te Uretā, ko Waka-ā-pāua, me Wharehanga (TTR 1990:24). / Her parents and her grandfather, Muretū, lived at Te Uretā, Waka-ā-pāua and Wharehanga.
See also tupuna tāne, tīpuna tāne
Synonyms: tupuna tāne