Meaning of tuakana | Babel Free

Definitions

In Maori contexts, the elder brother of a male or the elder sister of a female; also, a same-sex cousin of a more senior branch of the family; (loosely), a mentor.

New-Zealand

Examples

“Among those who followed were, as might have been expected, Tāmati Wāka Nene and his older brother and tuakana, Patuone.”

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