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tapatapa

1. (verb) (-ia,-ina) to name something.

I te heke ki Aotearoa, ka tapatapa haere ngā tūpuna o te iwi Māori i ngā moutere i tūtū ai rātou (Te Ara 2013). / In the migration to Aotearoa/New Zealand the ancestors of the Māori people named the islands that they stopped at.

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Synonyms: tapa, hua, whakaingoa, hau, ingoa, tūā

2. (verb) to recite karakia.

Tapa haukai. Karakia i te onokanga o te kūmara; he tapatapa kūmara ki ētahi, he tewha ki ētahi (M 2006:420). / Planting ritual. The ritual chant for the planting of the kūmara; others call it tapatapa kūmara, and tewha.

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See also tewha

3. (noun) groin, crotch.

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