āpiti
1. (particle) as well as, in addition.
Āpiti atu ki tēnei e kore rawa e whai wāhi ki te kura i a ia anō, te tukunga iho ka heke haere tōna pai mō te mahi minita (TKO 30/4/1920:11). / Added to this is that he will never be able to educate himself, with the result that his value as a clergyman will diminish.
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to add, put together, place side by side, supplement, annex, append.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ria,-tia) to attack, fight at close quarters.
Mai i te tau 1829 ka tīmata ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu ki te taitonga ki te hokohoko whenua kia riro mai anō ai he pū, he kariri mā rātou. Kua āpititia hoki a Kaikōura e Te Rauparaha i taua wā (TTR 1990:135). / From 1829, the chiefs of southern Ngāi Tahu began to trade land to obtain more guns and ammunition. At that time Kaikōura had been attacked by Te Rauparaha.
4. (modifier) confined, steep-roofed.
He whare āpiti te nuinga o ngā whare karakia tawhito (PK 2008:26). / The majority of old churches are steep-roofed buildings.
5. (noun) supplement, extra, schedule.
He āpiti ki 'Te Pīpīwharauroa' (TP 1/8/1899:9). / A supplement to 'Te Pīpīwharauroa'.
Synonyms: hōtaka, kupu āpiti
6. (noun) friend, companion.
7. (noun) narrow pass, gorge, canyon, chasm, gap, gulch, gully, ravine, cleft.
Ko Arapuni he āpiti kei te awa o Waikato (TTT 1/5/1928:780). / Arapuni is a gorge in the Waikato River.
8. (noun) radius, outer forearm bone.
Ko te āpiti te kōiwi o mua o te kikowhiti, he poto ake i te kōwhiti (RP 2009:348). / The radius is the bone at the front of the forearm and is shorter than the ulna.
