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Tok Pisin
Etymology
From one of the Polynesian languages; compare Maori tupuna.
Noun
tumbuna
- ancestor
1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:20:
- grandparent
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