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tipu

1. (verb) (-ria) to grow, increase, spring, issue, begin, develop, sprout, prosper, originate - eastern dialect variation of tupu.

E tipu ana i reira te miro, te kawhi, te tupeka, me te tōhuka (TP 8/1899:3). / Cotton, coffee, tobacco and sugar cane grow there.

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Synonyms: whakapuāwai, tupu, pū, pūtake, take, hua

2. (modifier) real, genuine, own, ancestral.

I muri tata tonu mai ka mahue i a rātou tō rātou kāinga tipu, a Kāwhia (TTR 1990:246). / Immediately after, they abandoned their ancestral home at Kāwhia.

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Synonyms: tupu, taketake, ake, anō, tō, tinana, tino, tūturu

3. (noun) seedling, growth, development, shoot, bud, plant.

Ko te nuinga o ngā tipu he uri nō Tāne Mahuta, nō Rongomātāne, ā, nō Tangaroa hoki ētahi (RP 2009:402). / The majority of plants are of the realm of Tāne Mahuta, Rongomātāne and Tangaroa.

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Synonyms: tanu, pou, rākau, tou, rumaki, tiri, tiritiri, kōkō, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa, marotiritiri, tupu, wana, pihinga, pihi, pipihi, puhi, puhipuhi, kāwai, tītere, kotete, kōkihi, wene, pupuhi

4. (noun) swelling, lump.

Me haere koe ki te rata kia tirohia mai te tipu i tō tuarā. / You had better go to the doctor to have the lump on your back looked at.

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Synonyms: poikurukuru, pōkurukuru, repe, koropuku, pungapunga, punga, huahua, pukupuku, puku

tipu

1. (noun) indoor plant.

ngāi tipu

1. (noun) flora.

tipu whaipua

1. (noun) flowering plant, angiosperm.

I roto i ngā tipu whaipua ka hangaia he pūtau hou, ka kīia ko te pūtau hua, koia e kawe ana i ngā ira o ngā pūtau o ōna mātua e rua (RP 2009:450). / In flowering plants when a new cell is produced it is called a zygote, and this carries the genes of the cells of the two parents.

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tipu pipiri

1. (noun) epiphyte.

He tipu pipiri te kiekie me te kareao (RP 2009:403). / Kiekie and supplejack are epiphytes.

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tipu māotaota

1. (noun) herbaceous plant.

kāinga tipu

1. ancestral home.

I muri tata tonu mai ka mahue i a rātou tō rātou kāinga tipu, a Kāwhia (TTR 1990:246). / Immediately after, they abandoned their ancestral home at Kāwhia.

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pūtau tipu

1. (noun) plant cell.

He mea hanga te kiritai o te pūtau tipu ki te pūtauhuka (RP 2009:361). / The epidermis of a plant cell is made of cellulose.

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kaka tipu

1. (noun) plant fibre.

Ko te kaka tipu - he hua nō tētahi tipu, pērā i te harakeke, i te kātene me te kokonati (RTA 2014:95). / Plant fibre - product of a plant, such as flax, cotton and coconut.

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mātai tipu

1. (noun) botany.

whakamakuru tipu

1. (noun) plant propagation.

meroiti tipu

1. (noun) phytoplankton.

E rua ngā momo meroiti, ko te meroiti tipu me te meroiti ika (RP 2009:287). / There are two types of plankton, phytoplankton and zooplankton (RP 2009:287).

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tipu whai kākano

1. (noun) seedbearing plants.

He tipu whai kākano ngā tipu whaipua katoa. / All flowering plants are seed-bearing plants.

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tipu pūtau-tahi

1. (noun) protophyta.

tipu kākano-kore

1. (noun) non-seed-bearing plant.

He tipu kākano-kore te rimurimu, te mamaku, te rarauwhe me ngā pūkohu. / Seaweed, black tree ferns, bracken fern and mosses are non-seed-bearing plants.

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tipu hua-kore

1. (noun) non-flowering plant.

He tipu pua-kore te tōtara me te rimu. / Tōtara and rimu are non-flowering plants.

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whakatipu ā-wai

1. (noun) hydroponics.

kaitipu

1. (noun) herbivore.

tupu

1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria) to grow, increase, spring, issue, begin, develop, prosper, sprout, originate - western dialect variation of tipu.

Ko tēnei taru, ko te parakipere e mōhio ana ngā Māori, kei ngā wāhi katoa e tupu ana (TJ 2/8/1898:3). / Māori know that this plant, the blackberry, grows everywhere.

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Synonyms: tipu, pū, pūtake, take, hua

2. (modifier) real, genuine, own, ancestral.

I te haringa mai i te tinana o Hone Heke, ka tangihia ki Ōtaki, ki Whanganui. Nō te taenga ki tōna kāinga tupu ki Kaikohe, ka uhungatia e Ngā Puhi tōna tūpāpaku (TP 3/1909:3). / When Hone Heke's body was transported here it was wept over at Ōtaki and Whanganui. When it reached his ancestral home at Kaikohe, Ngā Puhi performed traditional funeral rites over his corpse.

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Synonyms: taketake, tipu, ake, anō, tō, tinana, tino, tūturu

3. (noun) seedling, growth, development, shoot, bud.

Ko ngā witi pūwhero e kaha ake ana te tupu, te hua hoki, i ngā witi kōmā (KO 14/10/1882:2). / Red wheat varieties grow and produce more vigorously than white wheat varieties.

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Synonyms: tipu, wana, pihinga, kotete, kōkihi, wene, pupuhi, pihi, pipihi, puhi, puhipuhi, kāwai, tītere

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