apa
1. (noun) spirit of an ancestor, spiritual beings - includes whatukura (male spiritual beings) and māreikura (female spiritual beings).
I whakatapua a runga o taua maunga hai wāhi tapu, hai wāhi karakiatanga i ngā tino karakia tapu ki a Io-matua-te-kore me ngā whatukura, me ngā māreikura, me ngā uruao, me ngā rāhuikura o ngā rangi tūhāhā, me ērā atu apa atua katoa o aua rangi (JPS 1927:350). / The summit of that mountain was placed under tapu as a sacred place for the performing of tapu rites to Io-matua-te-kore and the whatukura (male supernatural beings), mareikura (female supernatural beings), uruao and rāhuikura of the uppermost heavens, and other spirits of the ancestors of those heavens.
