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tawai

British  
/ ˈtɑːˌhwaɪ, ˈtɑːˌwaɪ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tawai

Māori

Example Sentences

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

From The Guardian

“Tawai was the last project,” he says.

From The Guardian

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg