2. (loan) (interjection) Sheepo – a shearer’s call for the catching pen to be refilled.
Ka haere ia ki te hopu hipi māna, i reira ka hāparangi te waha, “Hīpō! He hipi anō!” (TAH 35:18). / He went to catch another sheep and called out, “Sheepo! Some more sheep, please!”
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
