1. (noun) customary law, tradition, lore, custom.
Ko Tukumana te tino kaiwhakamārama o ngā tikanga tuku iho a ngā iwi o Marutūāhu whānui tonu, tēnā rawa ia, a Ngāti Whanaunga ake (TTR 1996:232). / Tukumana was the exponent of the traditions of the tribes of Marutūāhu generally, but of Ngāti Whanaunga in particular.
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