tuauri

1. (adjective) indigo - sometimes pronounced with long vowels, i.e. tūāuri.

He parauri tō tētahi, he para-karaka, he tuauri, he tuapōkere tō ētahi (HP 1991:249). / Some had brown, orange-yellow, indigo and some violet.

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2. (modifier) ancient.

Kete tuauri, kete tuatea, kete aronui: Ko ngā kete o te wānanga i tīkina e Tāne i a Io-matua (M 2006:12). / Kit of sacred knowledge, kit of ancestral knowledge, kit of life's knowledge. These are the kits of knowledge that Tāne fetched from Io the-parent (M 2006:15).

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3. (location) ancient times.

I ngā rā o tuauri (W 1971:448). / In ancient times.

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