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pāpara

1. (noun) father.

Nō Ngāti Mutunga tana pāpara, a Wiremu Naera Pōmare, ā, he hononga anō ōna ki a Te Āti Awa (TTR 1996:137). / His father, Wiremu Naera Pōmare, was of Ngāti Mutunga, and had connections with Te Āti Awa.

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2. (noun) uncle.

Kei te kite atu ahau ki ētahi o ngā pāpara nei kua tīmata ki te kōrero i waenganui i a rātau anō (Milroy 2015). / I could see some of these uncles had begun to talk amongst themselves.

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pāpara

1. (loan) (noun) poplar, any tree of the genus Populus with a rapidly growing trunk.

Kātahi ka tīkina e Hākopa ētahi rākau māna, he pāpara mata, he aramona, he pereni; ā tīhorea ana e ia ētahi tīhorenga mā i aua mea, ā ka meinga kia āta kitea te wāhi mā o ngā rākau (PT Kenehi 30:37). / Now Jacob took for himself rods of green poplar and of the almond and chestnut trees, peeled white strips in them, and exposed the white which was in the rods.

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papara

1. (verb) to flow (of the tide).

Ka oti i te whānau te kohikohi tuangi, kua papara kē mai te tai. / When the family finished collecting cockles, the tide was already flowing in.

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papara kawhe

1. (noun) coffee table.

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