tumuaki
/tuːˈmwɑːki/noun (plural tumuakis) NZ
The person in charge of an organization or institution: the federation recognised his position as Tumuaki...
- The tumuaki says there is a discrepancy in the financial accounts.
- Rejecting the claims, the tumuaki accused him of having ulterior motives.
- The tumuaki told those present that the mana of the association came from Maori students, to whom the members were foremost accountable.
Origin
Maori.
- imposture
- impotence
- impotency
- impotent
- impotently
- impound
- impoundable
- impounder
- impoundment
- impoverish
- impoverishment
- impracticability
- impracticable
- impracticableness
- impracticably
- impractical
- impracticality
- impractically
- imprecate
- imprecation
- imprecatory
- imprecise
- imprecisely
- impreciseness
- imprecision