2. (noun) introductory passage, introduction.
Tirohia te whakamārama a Tupito i te whakaupoko i runga nei (M 2007:138). / Refer to Tupito's explanation in the introductory passage above.
3. (noun) upper end (of a cultivated field).
He tikanga nā tāua, nā te Māori, ka tae ki te whakaupoko o te māra ka titiro ki te pito i tīmataia mai ai te mahi - ka titiro whakamuri me he kore he taru tū (HKW 1/12/1901:9). / It's a practice of ours, of the Māori, that when we reach the upper end of the cultivation we lookwards the end where the work began - we look bach to see that there are no weeds standing.
