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tui
[ too-ee ]
noun
- 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.
tui
/ ˈtuːɪ /
noun
- 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
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Example Sentences
Soldiers when going to war call on Tui for help, and they like to begin a battle on Tuesday.
Ut sub anathemate cogam te in regulas servandi corpusculi tui.
Omnem conditionem imperii tui, statumque provinci demonstravit mihi Tratorius.
A reach of soil near Mburembasanga was reclaimed by order of the former Roko-tui-ndreketi, and planted regularly by his vassals.
Roko Tui Tailevu asked that the land should be registered in the name of the tenants subject to his rights as overlord.
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