kaupae
1. (noun) rung, level, stair, stairs (ngā kaupae), stairway, staircase.
Ko ia anō tētahi o ngā tohunga ki te tapahi kaupae i te kōpapa (TTR 1998:46). / He was one of the experts at step-cutting in ice.
Synonyms: pātiki, taumata, tautika, whakatūpā, tūpā, papatahi, paparite, papatairite, whakapaparanga, apaapa, apa, kōeke, kōeketanga, paparanga
2. (noun) bridge.
Ko te arawhata i Ōmāhu me tērā i Te Pakipaki kua riro i te wai (TWMNT 25/1/1876:20). / The bridge at Ōmāhu and that at Pakipaki have been washed away by the water.
3. (noun) steps, stairs.
I ēnei rā, tū ai te whare karakia Mihinare o Whakatū ki runga o Cathedral Hill, ā, kake ai koe ki runga mā tētahi arawhata raima (Te Ara 2015). / These days, Nelson’s Anglican cathedral stands at the top of Cathedral Hill, and you climb up to it via some concrete steps.
