papakupu
1. (noun) dictionary.
I tae a Hongi Hika rātou ko Waikato, ko te mihinare a Te Kēnara ki Rānana i te tau 1820. Nā rātou i tuhituhi te papakupu tuatahi i roto i te reo Māori (Te Ara 2012). / Hongi Hika visited London in 1820 with Waikato, and missionary Thomas Kendall. They wrote the first dictionary in Māori.
2. (noun) lexicon, vocabulary.
He nui ngā kupu Māori motuhenga kua nunumi i te mata o te whenua me te aha anō kua āhua hahore, āhua tūpā te papakupu o te reo (HM 1/1993:3). / There are many authentic Māori words that have disappeared from the face of the earth and as a result the lexicon of the language is somewhat basic, somewhat limited.
