māripi
1. (verb) (-tia) to make a cutting movement.
Heoi, whakaae tonu mai a Aperahama; ā kawea ana ki runga ki te maunga kia māripitia, kia tahuna e ia hei whakahere (MM.TKM 16/12/1861:12). / And so Abraham agreed, and he [Isaac] was led him up onto the mountain to be slain and burnt as a sacrifice.
2. (noun) knife - traditionally a cutting instrument made of wood with shark's teeth as the cutting edge.
E toru putu te tangata e kau rā i te mangō, ka peke tērā i te māripi ki te moana, titi tonu atu ki te kōpū o te mangō rā te māripi, pūwherowhero ana te moana i te toto. Ka mate ko te ngengero, ka ora ko te tangata (KO 15/11/1884:6). / The man was three feet from where the shark was swimming when that fellow jumped with the knife into the sea and stuck the knife into the belly of the shark. The sea was red with blood and the bronze whaler shark died but the man survived.
