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taipō

1. (loan) (modifier) typhoid.

Kātahi ka pakaru mai te kirikā taipō ki runga i Maungapōhatu i te tau 1925 (TTR 1998:208). / Then typhoid fever broke out in Maungapōhatu in 1925.

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2. (loan) (noun) typhoid, typhus.

Nō tēnei wā pea, ka pāngia ia e te mate taipō piwa, ka mā katoa nei ōna makawe (TTR 1998:208). / Probably at about this time he caught typhoid fever and his hair turned white.

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