"He had previously despatched a messenger to me, begging me to bring some tupara, or `two-barrel.'"
1881. J. L.Campbell, `Poenamo,' p. 137:
"They were labouring under the `tupera fever' [in 1840]. The percussion-gun had made its appearance, and the natives were not slow to see how much more effectual a weapon it was than the old flint `brown-bess.' And when they saw the tupera, double-barrelled gun, the rage at once set in to possess it."
<hw>Tupong</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal name for a Southern Australian fish, <i>Aphritis bassii</i>, Castln., family <i>Trachinidae</i>. Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson says it is called <i>Marble-fish</i> in the Geelong district. It is also known as the <i>Freshwater Flathead</i>.
<hw>Tupuna</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori word, meaning ancestor, progenitor, male or female. Often used in the Land Courts in the question: "Who are your tupuna?"
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. ii. p. 113:
"I asked his permission to ascend Tonga Riro . . . But he steadily refused, saying, `I would do anything else to show you my love and friendship, but you must not ascend my tepuna, or ancestor.'"
1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 202:
"Tupuna, to stand, to spring; an ancestor; hence Tu-pu, to grow."
1863. F. Maning (Pakeha Maori), `Old New Zealand,' p. 196: