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hipa

1. (verb) to be passed.

Nā tēnei hui i kite ai au nei i ōku hoa tawhito o roto i ngā tau e 30 ka hipa nei (TKO 30/6/1920:5). / It was because of this gathering that I saw my old friends from the past 30 years.

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Synonyms: pāhi


2. (verb) to pass by.

I tētahi Rātapu ka hipa i tō mātau kāinga e haere ana ki te wharehokohoko i Nūhaka rā anō (HP 1991:31). / One Sunday it passed our home going to the store at Nūhaka.

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Synonyms: tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, whakatipi, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, whakatataha, taha, kape, kopa, tohipa


3. (noun) past.

Synonyms: pāhi, hori, hihipa

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