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whakatopatopa

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to give commands, domineer, soar over.

Nāu te ao i whakatopatopa. / You soared over the world.

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2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to plant (kūmara, etc.).


3. (modifier) domineering, strong-willed, forceful, assertive.

He rite ia ki tōna tuakana, ki a Te Puea Hērangi, he wahine pūkeke, he wahine whakatopatopa (TTR 1996:253). / She was like her senior cousin Te Puea Hērangi, she was a determined, strong-willed woman.

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4. (noun) dominance.

Heoti, nā te ngaro haere o ngā kāinga riki o Te Waipounamu i te mate, nā te ngoikore hoki o tō Ngāi Tahu mana whenua, ka nunumi i nāianei te whakatopatopa a Ngāi Tahu ki Te Waipounamu (TTR 1990:136). / However, the decline of the South Island's small communities by disease, and the weakening of Ngāi Tahu control over their land, was weakening the dominance of the tribe in the South Island.

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