tāua
1. (noun) grandmother, old woman, grandparent, old man.
Ko Huriwhenua tonu tōna ingoa whakahua ki ngā pōua me ngā tāua o Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:100). / Older people of Ngāi Tahu continued to call him Huriwhenua.
Synonyms: hākuikui, ngoingoi, kui, kuikui, hākui, rūruhi, ruahine, ruānuku, kaumātua, pou, koeke, pēperekōu, koroheke, tauheke, koroua, kokoro, nehe, korokoroua
