ao tukupū
1. (noun) universe.
Ko te ao tukupū te ātea me ngā mea katoa o roto, pērā i ngā whetū, ngā aorangi, ngā kapua haurehu, ngā kōkiri, ngā momo pūngao tae mai ki a Papatūānuku me ōna āhuatanga, ōna rauropi katoa (RP 2009:167). / The universe is space and everything that exists therein, such as the stars, planets, gas clouds, meteors, energy, including the Earth and all that exists on and around it (RP 2009:167).