rapunga
1. (noun) search, hunt, inquiry, investigation.
Auināke i te ata ka tonoa a Tomoana me tētahi ope iti ki te whakataki i āna paparahi. E rua rawa ngā rapunga kīhai i kitea (TTR 1994:190). / The following morning Tomoana was sent off with a small force to track him. After two searches he was not found.
rāpunga
1. (noun) seagull, southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus - a common large gull with a heavy bill. Body plumage entirely white except for wings and back which are black above. Bill is yellow, eyelid orange-red and iris white. Legs and feet are olive. Young bird in its first winter has a black bill, dark brown feet and is mottled below and barred above grey and brown.
rapunga whakaaro
1. (noun) philosophy.
I a ia e taitama ana, arā, tekau mā waru, mā iwa kē rānei tōna pakeke i te wā haringa atu i a ia ki a Te Whiti me ērā o ngā kaumātua i Parihaka i Taranaki, ki te ako i a ia ki ngā whakaakoranga me ngā rapunga whakaaro o tōna iwi (TTR 200:164). / When he was a young man of 18 or 19, he was taken to Te Whiti and other elders of Parihaka in Taranaki to learn the teachings and philosophies of his people.
Synonyms: kura
kaupapa rapunga whakaaro
1. (noun) philosophy (subject).
I hoki atu anō hoki ia i te tau 1955 ki te whai anō i te kaupapa rapunga whakaaro, ā, ka hia kē nei hoki te nui o ngā kōrero tuku iho me te mātauranga momo tangata o te Māori i oti i a ia te rangahau (TTR 2000:10). / He also returned in 1955 to pursue philosophy and did much research into Māori history and ethnography.
