tūkapi
1. (noun) pronoun, substitute word - word used instead of a noun already mentioned or known, to avoid repetition.
I te rerenga 'ko ia taku tuakana', he tūkapi te kupu 'ia'. I te rerenga 'haria ko tēnei', he tūkapi te kupu 'tēnei'. I te rerenga 'kua pakaru kē tāna', he tūkapi te kupu 'tāna' (PK 2008:995). / In the phrase 'she is my elder sister', 'she' is a pronoun. In the phrase 'take this', 'this' is a substitute word. In the phrase 'hers is broken', 'hers' is a pronoun.
