2. (verb) to be temporary.
Kia āhei ai tana tama, a Hānara, kāore nei i taea te hoki mai i tāwāhi, ki te tangi ki tana kōkā, i taupua noatia te tāpuke o te tūpāpaku (TTR 1998:161). / So that her son, Arnold, who could not return from overseas to mourn for his mother, her body was interred temporarily.
3. (verb) to rest, support oneself, lie in wait, take breath.
4. (modifier) temporary.
Ka tae māua ki tō māua kāinga taupua i waenganui i te ngahere. / We arrived at our temporary home in the forest.
5. (noun) support.
I ngākau nui anō hoki tana taupua ake i tana whenua, i Aotearoa (TTR 2000:254). / He was passionate in his support for his country, Aotearoa/New Zealand.