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kupu

1. (verb) to speak.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 71;)

Māna hei kupu ki tana tamaiti, hei ārahi i a ia (PK 2008:359). / She will speak to her child, to guide him.

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2. (noun) word, vocabulary, saying, talk, message, statement, utterance, lyric.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54-55; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 71;)

Haere ki a Wiremu wherawhera mai ai ngā whārangi, nā ka kitea aua kupu i reira, nō reira he aha kē tēnei tāwai i te reo? (HM 4/2009:3) / Go to Williams' dictionary and open the pages and those words will be found there, so just what is this criticism of the language about?

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Synonyms: karere, pepeha, whakapepeha, kīnga, tūātau, kīanga, , rerenga kōrero

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