tawai

/ ˈtɑːˌhwaɪ, ˈtɑːˌwaɪ /

noun

1. any of various species of beech of the genus Nothofagus of New Zealand, originally called "birches" by the settlers

Word History and Origins

Origin of tawai¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Parry had spent four or five years up to 2017 making a very personal film, Tawai: A Voice From the Forest.

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“Tawai was the last project,” he says.

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My children, I am old; my hair is white, the yellow leaf is falling from the tawai tree.

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And Ko Paui saw that the children had very little that was wholesome for them to eat, and showed her gratitude by returning, all by herself, to Tawai, to bring them seeds of the kumere.

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