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Tahi o Pipiri, Te

1. (personal noun) first lunar month of the Māori year - approximately equivalent to June and traditionally used by Ngāti Awa.

Ki taku titiro, i tīmata te Haratua i te 28 o ngā pō o Āperira, nā ko te Tahi o Pipiri ka tīmata i te 27 o ngā rā o Mei (TTT 1/6/1922:13). / According to my observation, the month of Haratua begins on the 28th night of April, and the month of Tahi o Pipiri begins on the 27 of May.

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See also Pipiri, Aonui

Synonyms: Pipiri, Maramaono, Hune

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