heipū
1. (verb) (-tia) to be on target, straight for, hitting exactly.
I a ia e mahi ana i tēnā mahi, kātahi ka kino rawa atu tōna mate, nāwai ā ka rapu kāinga ia hei taunga atu mōna, ā, ka heipū atu ia ki tētahi hōhipera o tētahi pāriha i Rānana (TP 10/1906:9). / While he was doing that job his illness became serious and after a time he sought a place for him to recover, and he went straight to a hospital of a parish in London.
2. (verb) (-tia) to come upon, met up with, should it happen.
Ko ngā mahi i reira he akoako mō te whawhai, arā, kia mōhio ai ina heipū he whawhai ki Niu Tīrini (TP 2/1906:1). / What they were doing there was training for battle so that they would be prepared when war might occur in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Hei pou i ngā mahi tauhokohoko ka haere a Porake ki Tangiterōria i te tau 1832, ā, heipūtia atu e ia a Tirarau e pakanga ana i tōna takiwā (TTR 1994:164). / Seeking to establish trade, Joel Polack went to Tangiterōria in 1832, where he came upon Tirarau involved in a local war.
3. (modifier) proper, just, appropriate, right.
Ki te whakaaro o Heke ko ia tonu te uri heipū o Niniwa me tōna mana, me ngā kura ā-iwi anō hoki, ko ētahi rā he mea taurewa noa e ngā whānau rangatira o Te Tai Hauāuru (TTR 2000:26). / Heke considered herself the proper heir to Niniwa and her authority, and also to the tribal heirlooms, some of which had been loaned by chiefly families of the West Coast.
Synonyms: tikanga, matau, mōtika, matatika, tōtika, take, noa iho, tōkeke, noa ake, tonu, kau, ia rā, mārie, mārika, mārire, ia, ake, tata, tika, tou, noa
