"tupuna" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Maori tupuna",
      "name": "bor+"
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Maori tupuna.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tūpuna",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015 June 1, Chellie Spiller, Rachel Wolfgramm, Indigenous Spiritualities at Work: Transforming the Spirit of Enterprise, IAP, page 253",
          "text": "We have carved the journeys of the adventures of our tūpuna, who were true navigators—venturing into the unknown—sailing towards the sun.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 18, Kieran O'Donoghue, Robyn Munford, New Theories for Social Work Practice: Ethical Practice for Working with Individuals, Families and Communities, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, page 203",
          "text": "The existence of our wairua in this realm allows us to connect with our tūpuna in the spirit world. The spiritual connection to our tūpuna also exists in certain portals of communication with them.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
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        "An ancestor, especially a grandparent"
      ],
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          "grandparent",
          "grandparent"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(New Zealand) An ancestor, especially a grandparent"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tipuna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
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  "word": "tupuna"
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      "expansion": "Borrowed from Maori tupuna",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Maori tupuna.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tūpuna",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2015 June 1, Chellie Spiller, Rachel Wolfgramm, Indigenous Spiritualities at Work: Transforming the Spirit of Enterprise, IAP, page 253",
          "text": "We have carved the journeys of the adventures of our tūpuna, who were true navigators—venturing into the unknown—sailing towards the sun.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019 July 18, Kieran O'Donoghue, Robyn Munford, New Theories for Social Work Practice: Ethical Practice for Working with Individuals, Families and Communities, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, page 203",
          "text": "The existence of our wairua in this realm allows us to connect with our tūpuna in the spirit world. The spiritual connection to our tūpuna also exists in certain portals of communication with them.",
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      ],
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        "An ancestor, especially a grandparent"
      ],
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          "grandparent"
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        "(New Zealand) An ancestor, especially a grandparent"
      ],
      "tags": [
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tipuna"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tupuna"
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