ripa
2. (noun) boundary, border.
Kua roa kē a Ngāti Toa e noho haumi ana ki ngā iwi o Taranaki ki te raki. Nō aua iwi te rohe e kāpīpiti ana ki te ripa tonga o Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:297). / Ngāti Toa had long-standing alliances with the tribes of northern Taranaki. Those tribes were adjacent to the southern boundary of Ngāti Maniapoto.
3. (noun) row, rank, line.
He ripa kawau kei runga kei te taumata (M 2004:30). / A row of shags on the sky-line.
Synonyms: kōhangohango, nui, tūtira, tūnga, papanga, raina, rārangi, io, kapa, tawhā, aho, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, hoe
4. (noun) furrow.
Ki te kotiti te tarakihana e kukume ana i te parau, ka kotiti anō ngā ripa i te whenua (PK 2008:775). / If the tractor pulling the plow goes crookedly the furrow in the ground will also be crooked.
5. (noun) fret (of a stringed instrument).
6. (noun) tab (computers).
