koruru
1. (noun) carved face on the gable of a meeting house, often representing the ancestor after which the house is named.
E rua rawa ngā nekehanga o tēnei whare, ā, nō ngā tau o te tekau tau mai i 1970, ka whakahoungia ngā amo, ngā maihi me te koruru (TTR 1990:377). / This house has been moved twice and in the 1970s the carved frontal features of amo, maihi and koruru were renewed.
