tui

[ too-ee ]

noun
  1. a black New Zealand honey eater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a patch of white feathers on each side of the throat, sometimes tamed as a pet.

Origin of tui

1
First recorded in 1825–35, tui is from the Maori word tūī

Words Nearby tui

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How to use tui in a sentence

  • Roko tui Tailevu asked that the land should be registered in the name of the tenants subject to his rights as overlord.

    The Fijians | Basil Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for tui

tui

/ (ˈtuːɪ) /


nounplural tuis
  1. a New Zealand honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, having a glossy bluish-green plumage with white feathers at the throat: it mimics human speech and the songs of other birds

Origin of tui

1
from Māori

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