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Example sentences from the Web for taniwhaBut they had mistaken the meaning of the monster review of the Taniwha. Old New Zealand|Earl of Pembroke. After this little Taniwha went on shore, bearing with him his precious nail. The Long White Cloud|William Pember Reeves At last it was decided that there was no possible doubt that the taniwha of the river had seized Te Maire and drowned him. The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan Take care, the pakeha is a taniwha; the pakeha is a tino tangata! Old New Zealand|Earl of Pembroke.
There must, of course, be a reason, for no taniwha of any repute would take such an extreme step without some good cause. The adventures of Kimble Bent|James Cowan
/ (ˈtʌniːfɑː, ˈtænəwɑː) /
nounNZ a legendary Māori monster Word Origin for taniwhaMāori Words nearby taniwhatanh, Tanimbar Islands, Tanis, tanist, tanistry, taniwha, Tanizaki, Tanizaki Jun-ichiro, Tanjore, Tanjungkarang, Tanjungpandan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |