ruru

/ ˈruːruː /

noun

Origin of ruru¹

Māori

Ruru stole away alone and went to a solitary place in the forest where he wept aloud.

Then the king, curious to get the sight of the ruru-deer, let his eyes pass along the way shown by the man.

That the path of the ruru deer pink with withered leaves bedewed with blood that has been shed.

One time the Bodhisattva, it is said, lived in the forest as a ruru-deer.

The history of the watch was afterwards explained to him by Te Waka-tapa-ruru.

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