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paripari

1. (modifier) steep.

Tokorua māua i te taha o te awa i tētahi wāhi paripari e mātakitaki atu ana i a rātau e whakataetae ana mō te kau (HP 1991:21). / Two of us were beside the river at a steep part watching them competing in swimming.

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2. (noun) cliff, precipice, bluff.

Ko tōna ingoa mō ngā paripari i Kaikōura, ko Te Whatakai-a-Rakihouia (Te Ara 2012). / His name for the cliffs at Kaikōura was Te Whatakai-o-Rakihouia (the food storehouse of Rakihouia).

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Synonyms: matapari, pari, paritū, tūpari, tūparipari, tūparengahua

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