kaupeka
1. (verb) to spread open, spread out, branch off.
Kei taua rūma ka kaupeka haere te waea, ā puta noa ki ngā teihana katoa, tae rawa mai hoki ki te tāone nui o Kihipane nei (TP 1/1908:3). / In that room the phone branches off and connects to all the stations, even to the large town of Gisborne.
2. (noun) lunar month.
Ko ngā kaupeka o te tau ka rerekē ki ētahi (TTT 1/6/1922:14). / The months of year are different to some.
3. (noun) branch, stick.
4. (noun) section, division, part.
E kore e taea te whakarāpopoto ki roto ki tēnei pānui ngā whakamārama katoa, he maha rawa nō ngā kaupeka o tēnei take (TTT 1/12/1923:14). / In this notice it's not possible to summarise all the explanations because there are too many parts to this matter.
Synonyms: wae, wāhanga, taha, wawae, kōwai, pīhi, tūtanga, rārangi, kōwaewae, tūāporo, tekihana, tekiona, wehenga, whiti, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi
5. (noun) season.
O ngā kaupeka e whā o te tau ko te kōanga te wāhanga e tumanako nuitia ana e ngā koroua, e ngā kuia (TTT 1/1/1928:718). / Of the four seasons of the year spring is the one the elderly men and women desire.
6. (noun) semester, term.
Ka tū ki te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, ā te kaupeka kura tuatahi o 1993 (HM 1/1993:11). / It will be held at The University of Waikato in the second school term of 1993.
Synonyms: wāhanga
