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1. (verb) (-a) to hang, suspended.

Ka whakaeke atu rātou ki te pā o Rua, ka kitea anō tētahi haki e iri ana ko ngā kupu ēnei i runga: "Kotahi te ture mō ngā iwi. Rua Maungapōhatu." / They came onto Rua's village and again a flag was seen flying with these words on it: "One law for all peoples. Rua Maungapōhatu."

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2. (verb) (-a) to rest upon.

E kore te taewa e tupu ina waihotia i runga i te whata iri ai, engari me tou ki te whenua kātahi ka tupu, ka pakari hoki ngā hua (TKO 5/1914:5). / The potato will never grow when it's left to lie on the storage platform, but it must be planted in the ground, then it will grow and the tubers will mature.

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