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taiapa

1. (verb) (-tia) to fence off.

Ka hoki mai au mā runga i te taramukā ki te wāhi kei reira e taiapatia ana ngā kararehe mohoao (HP 1991:224). / I returned on the tram to the place where the wild animals are fenced off.

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2. (noun) wall, fence, paddock, field, enclosure - any fenced off area.

Kātahi ka kitea atu e tipu ana, e matomato ana i te taha o te taiapa tētahi āpure pūhā (TWK 57:8). / Then she found a lush patch of pūhā growing beside the fence.

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See also taiepa

Synonyms: pātiki, taiepa


3. (noun) bracket (printing), parentheses.

I konei kua whakamahia he momo taiapa atu anō, he taiapa pewa pēnei nā ( ) (HKK 1999:10). / Here a type of parentheses is used, they are round brackets like this ( ).

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