ripa

1. (adjective) superscript.

ripa

1. (noun) ridge, range, horizon, grain.

Tērā te kōtuhi auahi ana ia i te ripa o Tautari i raro (M 2004:148). / There are the hazy smoke clouds rising from the peak of Maungatautari mountain.

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Synonyms: whānui, takataka, taka, tau, taupae, takiwātanga, taukaka, parehua, tārawa, tūtūātanga, io, tuatua

2. (noun) boundary, border.

Kua roa kē a Ngāti Toa e noho haumi ana ki ngā iwi o Taranaki ki te raki. Nō aua iwi te rohe e kāpīpiti ana ki te ripa tonga o Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:297). / Ngāti Toa had long-standing alliances with the tribes of northern Taranaki. Those tribes were adjacent to the southern boundary of Ngāti Maniapoto.

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3. (noun) row, rank, line.

He ripa kawau kei runga kei te taumata (M 2004:30). / A row of shags on the sky-line.

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Synonyms: kōhangohango, nui, tūtira, tūnga, papanga, raina, rārangi, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe

4. (noun) furrow.

Ki te kotiti te tarakihana e kukume ana i te parau, ka kotiti anō ngā ripa i te whenua (PK 2008:775). / If the tractor pulling the plow goes crookedly the furrow in the ground will also be crooked.

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5. (noun) fret (of a stringed instrument).

6. (noun) tab (computers).

ripa

1. (verb) (-ia) to ward off evil spirits by means of incantations.

Ko te ripa he karakia wehe i te mate, he parepare; ka whakairia ki runga ki tetahi atu (M 2006:304). / The 'ripa' is a ritual chant to remove or cure illness, or to ward it off; and it is then inflicted on someone else.

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pū ripa

1. (noun) superscript.

pātuhi ripa

1. (noun) tab key.

pūāhua ripa

1. (noun) tab character.

ripa hapa

1. (noun) fault line.

Ka toro atu ētahi hapa ki te hōhonutanga o Paptūānuku, ka toro anō ētahi i te whānui o tētahi paparahi. Ka kīia ēnei, he ripa hapa (RP 2009:187). / Some faults extend to the depths of the earth, others extend along a continent. These are called fault lines.

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ripa tauārai

1. (noun) boundary, threshold, brink.

Kua eke nei tātou ki te ripa tauārai o te ora, o te mate rānei o te reo (TTTT 2006:14). / We have reached the threshold of whether the language will live or die.

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whakaripa

1. (transitive verb) tabulate.

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