korokoro tūī
1. (noun) sweet singer, melodious voice.
Ka waiatatia ā rātou waiata – ngā waiata aroha, ngā hahani, ngā waiata mō te rongo, mō te pakanga, ngā mahi rēhia me ngā waiata kaioraora – hei whakaatu i te āhua o tō rātou ao. Ko Puhiwahine te korokoro tūī o rātou katoa (TTR 1994:93). / The songs that they sang - songs of love and hate, peace and war, jollity and derision - reflected the nature of their world. Puhiwahine was the sweetest singer of them all.
2. (noun) articulate speaker, witty speaker.
Me he korokoro tūī te kaikōrero, ka kī te whare i te hunga kua whakarauika ki te whakarongo ki a ia (HJ 2017:61). / If the speaker is an articulate orator, the house will be full of people who have gathered to listen to him.
