moana tuauriuri
1. (noun) ocean, open sea.
I mua atu i a koe ko te kaipuke iti a Kāpene Kuku, ōna hoe he kōmaru, i whiti mai ai i te moana tuauriuri, tau ana ki ngā wai o Hauraki (TWM 27/5/1869:2). / Before you, it was Captain Cook's small sailing ship, its propulsion was with sails, that crossed the ocean and arrived to the waters of the Hauraki Gulf.
Synonyms: waho, aumoana, tahora, au o te moana, mātai, au, moana waiwai, moana, Tahuaroa
