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tūāhua

1. (noun) adjective - adjective - a word that describes a person or thing or gives extra information about them. In Māori these words often come after he or after a noun, in which case they are called modifiers in this dictionary. They are often words that can also be used as nouns or verbs in other contexts, e.g. in the sentence 'He wahine tāroaroa ia.' (She is a tall woman.), tāroaroa is a tūāhua (adjective).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 27, 57-59, 84, 99, 100; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 40; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 107-108, 125;)

He tangata humārie taku tāne. I tēnei kōrero ko te 'humārie' te tūāhua. / My husband is a handsome man. In this sentence, 'humārie (handsome)' is the adjective.

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