Ngapuhi

English

Alternative forms

• Ngapui, Nga Puhi

Etymology

From Maori Ngapuhi.

Pronunciation

• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈŋʌpuhi/, /ˈnɛpuːi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnapuːi/, /ˈnɑːpuːi/

Proper noun

Ngapuhi (plural Ngapuhi)

1. (New Zealand) A member of a Maori people (or iwi) of the Northland region of New Zealand. [from 19th c.]
   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 71:

     The loss of the Nga Puhi in a battle of 1807 or 1808, which killed two of his brothers and many chiefly kin, was a formative moment in his life.