2. (loan) (personal name) Corporal - a title for a non-commissioned army or air force officer ranking next below a sergeant.
Tonoa ana e ahau a Kāpara Makahere kia tīkina hereheretia atu rātou (TP 1/2/1902:5). / I sent Corporal Makahere to bring them as prisoners.
kāpara
1. (noun) hard resinous wood (of rimu, kahikatea, etc.).
Mahia ai te tao i te tawa, te kāpara, ā, hei ētahi wā mahia mai ai te aka (Te Ara 2015). / Bird spears were made from tawa wood, resinous heartwood of rimu or kahikatea, and sometimes of the stems of climbing plants.
Synonyms: katea
awe kāpara
1. (noun) planting season, spring.
Nā runga i tō rātau aroha ki te manaaki i te kāwanatanga i Whakatāne, ka kore a Te Arawa i whakatupu kai i te mea kua hipa kē te awe kāpara. Tae rawa ki waenganui o te tau o 1866 kua tino mate i te kore kai (TTR 1990:158). / As a result of assisting the government in Whakatāne, Te Arawa had not planted crops because the planting season had passed. By the middle of 1866 they were desperately short of food.
