papatipu
1. (modifier) traditionally owned, customary title, ancestral (of land).
E ai ki te pūrongo i tukua e Te Make ki te Pāremata, kei te mau tonu te mana papatipu o Ngāi Tahu ki te whenua, i runga i te take tipuna, i te take raupatu me te take ahikāroa (TTR 1994:101). / According to the report submitted by Mackay to Parliament, the Ngāi Tahu customary title to the land was still retained on the grounds of heredity, conquest and occupation.
2. (noun) ancestral land - Māori land held under customary title and not having a European title.
He kōrero nui mō Maruiwi i ngā tātai kōrero o neherā. He iwi nō te papatipu, ko Pūtauaki, ko te awa o Tauranga (Waimana) ōna nohoanga (M 2004:32). / The story concerning the Maruiwi is important In the traditional accounts. They were a tribe that lived on the ancestral lands at Mount Edgecumbe and the Waimana Valley.
3. (noun) solid mass.
4. (noun) mass.
Ko te karamu me te manokaramu hei waeine mō te papatipu (RP 2009:314). / The gram and kilogram are units for measuring mass (RP 2009:314).
Synonyms: ngahue
