tōpū
1. (verb) (-tia) to be assembled, in a body, as a group.
I muri mai ka tōpū te noho o Ngāti Manawa rāua ko Te Hikutū ki te kāinga o Thomas McLean, ka tangohia ana kau mā rātou, ā, ka hangā he pā mō rātou ki ana papa rākau (TTR 1990:57). / Later Ngāti Manawa and Te Hikutū lived as a group at the settlement of Thomas McLean, appropriating his livestock and building a pā with his timber planks.
2. (modifier) consolidated, merged, combined, united, assembled.
Ka noho ko Mītere te kaitirotiro mō te takiwā ki Rotorua, ina nei mō Horohoro tonu, me ngā whenua tōpū o Te Arawa–Rūātoki, tae atu hoki ki te whenua o Te Tāheke (TTR 1996:98). / Mitchell became their supervisor for the Rotorua area, working particularly on Horohoro, the Te Arawa–Rūātoki land consolidation and the Te Tāheke land.
Synonyms: hanumi
3. (particle) (numeral) pair, couple, a brace, two times - when added to a number it indicates double the number.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 160;)
Ka haere mai a Ngā Puhi me Ngāti Whātua, kotahi rau tōpū rātou. / Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Whātua came, 200 of them.
He hokowhitu tōpū, arā, e 280 ngā toa, i whakahiatotia ake i Te Ihupuku, i Tīhoi, i Pātea hoki (TTR 1990:148). / A force of 280 warriors were assembled from Te Ihupuku, Tīhoi and Pātea.
2. (noun) assembly, synod.
Ko tana mahi nui rawa atu mā ngā Hāhi, ko te rironga nāna i taki te kapa waiata Mihingare i te Hui Tōpū Māori o Aotearoa i te marae o Tūrangawaewae i te tau 1962 (TTR 2000:134). / Her greatest contribution to other churches was in leading an Anglican culture group at the New Zealand-wide Māori Synod held at Tūrangawaewae marae in 1962.
moni tōpū
1. (loan) (noun) capital (finance).
Kua tae te moni a te Timuaki o ngā Kaiwhakahaere o te White Star Line, te kamupene nō ratou nei te 'Titanika', £11,000 hei moni tōpū, penihana mō ngā tāngata kāore i mate rawa i te totohutanga o taua kaipuke me ngā wāhine hoki a ngā tāngata i mate rawa (TPH 30/5/1912:5). / The fund of the Head of the Management of the White Star Line, the company that owned the 'Titanic', has arrived. It is capital of £11,000 to provide pensions for the people who did not perish in the sinking of that ship and for the wives of the men that died.
tau tōpū
1. (noun) integer.
Ko ngā tau tōpū ngā tauoti tōrunga, ngā tauoti tōraro, me te '0'. Arā, ko te huinga tau nei: {... -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...}. Karekau he hautanga i roto i te huinga o ngā tau tōpū (TRP 2010:284). / Integers are the set of positive whole numbers, negative whole numbers and zero. There are no fractions in the set of integers (TRP 2010:284).
titonga tōpū
1. (noun) score (musical).
Ko te titonga tōpū te whakaatu i ngā wāhanga o roto i tētahi titonga puoro ki te tuhinga kotahi, pērā i ngā reo waiata me te piana tautoko (RTP 2015:109). / A score is the representation of all parts of a musical composition as one written piece, such as vocal parts and piano accompaniment (RTP 2015:109).
wāriu tōpū
1. (loan) (noun) capital value.
I tirohia te wāriu tōpū o te whenua, mehemea he iti, ka iti hoki te wāhi o te pauna e kainga e te tāke; ka rahi, ka nui rawa ake te tāke. (TTT 1/2/1922:10). / The capital value of the land is looked at: if it's small then the proportion of money taken by tax is also minimal; and if it's large then the tax taken is much greater.
