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tumuaki

1. (noun) crown of the head.

Ka whakawahi te kaumātua rā i tana māhunga ki te kokowai, kātahi ka tono atu i tana tamaiti, i a Maniapoto, kia ngaua tana tumuaki. Mōhio tonu a Maniapoto e tuku mai ana tō rātou pāpā i te mana rangatira ki a ia (NIT 1995:173). / That elder anointed Maniapoto's head with red ochre, then asked his son, Maniapoto, to bite the crown of his head. Maniapoto knew that their father was passing his chiefly mana to him.

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2. (noun) head, leader, president, principal, head (of an institution), chancellor, chief executive.

He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.

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Synonyms: perehitene, timuaki, perehitini, perehitana, tino, pekepoho, aporei, wheao, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, manu taupua, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, kaiwhakanekeneke, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki

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