hāpira
1. (loan) (noun) sapphire - a transparent blue precious stone.
Nā ka kite i te Atua o Iharaira: kei raro anō i ōna waewae me te mea ko te hapira i hanga hei whāriki, he rite tonu anō ki te tino rangi te mārama (PT Ekoruhe 24:10). / And they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stones, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity.
