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rapa

1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to seek, look for.

I whakapaua te kaha o ngā tāngata ki te rapa i tēnei tamaiti o ngā hapū o Ruātoki (TTT 1/12/1924:147). / The people searched energetically for this child of the hapū of Ruātoki.

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Synonyms: kimi, ārohi, whai, whakarapu, rapurapu, raparapa, haha, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, takitaki, puretumu, rangahau, hīnana, pōrangi

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