ruruku

Māori

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈruku/ [ɾʉˈɾʉkʉ]

Verb

ruruku (passive rurukutia)

  1. to wrap
    Synonym: kope
    Māu e ruruku āku hokonga tēnā koa.
    Please wrap my purchases.
    I rurukutia ngā hokonga e ia.
    The purchases were wrapped by him.

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ruruku”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 410
  • “ruruku” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
  • ruruku(tia), kupu maori website
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