neinei

British

/ ˌnɛiːˈnɛiː /

noun

Also called: spiderwood. a New Zealand shrub, Dracophyllum latifolium , with clusters of long narrow leaves

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Etymology

Origin of neinei

Māori

Example Sentences

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Neinei, an ornamental shrub-tree, with long grassy leaves.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus of the first class are papa, mama, bebe, baba, neinei, jaja, bobo, bubu; of the second class, otto, enne, anna; these are very frequently given back quickly and faultlessly at this period, after the repetition of the single syllables pa, ma, and others had gone on considerably more surely than before, and the child had more often tried of himself to imitate what he heard.

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