tau raupapa
1. (noun) ordinal number.
Ko te tau raupapa: Koia ko te tau e whakaatu ana i te raupapa o tētahi mea. Mō ngā tau 1 ki te 9, ka honoa te 'tua' ki mua, arā, ko te tuatahi, te tuarua, tae atu ki te tuaiwa. I tua atu i te 9, mā te horopaki o te kōrero e whakaatu mēnā he tau raupapa, kāore rānei (TRP 2010:280). / Ordinal number: A number which shows the order of something. For numbers from 1 to 9, the prefix 'tua' is added. Above 9, the context of the discourse will show whether it is an ordinal number or not (TRP 2010:280).