tipa
1. (noun) scallop, queen scallop, Pecten novaezelandiae - a fan-shaped bivalve mollusc found on sand and mud-banks from low tide level to depths of 45 m. The top shell is flat and the bottom half curved.
Mahia ai te anga o te pāua me te tipa hei whakapaipai i ngā kāinga me ngā māra o ēnei rā (Te Ara 2013). / Pāua and scallop shells are often used as decoration in homes and gardens these days.
See also tupa
Tipa, Te
1. (personal name) Walter Mantell.
Ka tukuna ki a Te Tipa i Rānana, me ōna komekome i roto, mō te iwikoretanga o ngā Kāwana o Niu Tīreni o nāianei tonu, me o nanahi; e inoi ana kia whakahokia mai a Te Tipa, hei kāwana mō rātou i te motu nei, me tōna moana pounamu (TTR 1990:27). / It was sent to Walter Mantell in London complaining in it about the neglect by past and present governors of New Zealand and asking for Mantell to be returned as governor of this country and its greenstone lake.
See also Matara
