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huapae

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to elevate something by placing something else horizontally underneath it.

Kātahi ka whakatakoto te māipi [taiaha] ki raro hei huapae ake i ngā patu, i te patu rānei (JPS 1929:263). / Then the taiaha was laid below them so as to elevate the short weapons, or weapon.

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2. (verb) to be broadside on.

I te hiwi e huapae nei (W 1971:65). / The hill that is broadside on.

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3. (verb) to be horizontal.

Ko ngā rārangi huapae me ngā rārangi poutū o te mea tūturu, ka huapae tonu, ka poutū tonu i te pikitia (RTA 2014:176). / The horizontal lines and the vertical ones of the real thing are horizontal and vertical in the picture.

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4. (modifier) horizontal.

Pēhea nei te tā i ngā rārangi huapae me ngā rārangi poutū i tēnā momo tirohanga? (RTA 2014:176). / How should the horizontal and vertical lines be drawn in that type of scene?

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5. (noun) horizon, skyline.

Ka haere a Tū-rāhui ki waho whakahāereere ai i te tamaiti; kātahi ka titiro atu ki te rā e whanake ana i te huapae o Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (JPS 1913:176). / Tū-rāhui went outside to stroll about with the child. Then he looked at the sun rising on the horizon of the Pacific Ocean.

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6. (noun) boom, lower cross member (of a sail).

Ko ngā taura e rua o ngā rā kei te tangata e whakahaere ana ēnā taura, me ngā taura o raro o te rā, o te huapae o raro pērā anō (JPS 1927:356). / The two ropes of the sail were manipulated by one man, also the ropes below the sail, of the lower cross member.

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