taiepa
1. (verb) (-tia) to fence off.
I tōna mananui ka whakatapua taua wāhi; ka taiepatia ki te kōhatu kia kore ai e takatakahia, e whakatipungia rānei ki te kai (TTR 1990:7). / So great was Heke's mana that the site became tapu. It was fenced off with stones so that it would not be trampled on or used for growing crops.
2. (noun) wall, fence, paddock, garden, enclosure - any fenced off area.
Ka mutu taku whakatētē i aku kau i ngā ata, ka tukua e au ki roto i tō rātau taiepa (HP 1991:25). / When I finished milking my cows in the morning, I let them into their paddock.
3. (noun) bracket (printing), parentheses.
See also taiapa
