2. (noun) excellence, good state, suitability, good looks, goodness, high quality.
I tino whakamihi a Te Taute ki a Ngāti Porou mō tō rātou kaha ki te whakapai i ō rātou whenua, ki te whakatupu hipi, mō te papai o ā rātou teihana hipi, o ā rātou wūruheti (TP 12/1907:11). / Mr Stout gave great praise to Ngāti Porou for their energy in improving their land, raising sheep and for the good state of their sheep stations and woolsheds.
papaī
1. (noun) speargrass, Aciphylla squarrosa and Aciphylla colensoi - plants which provided an exudation used as a scent. The plants have a tuft of spear-like leaves, each up to 1 m long, and a large flower-stalk up to 2 m high, the head of which is covered with long sharp spikes.
See also taramea
