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taupua

1. (verb) (-tia) to support.

He mea taupua tonu ake e Mōnita te hunga he waewae tapu nei ki Kawerau (TTR 2000:54). / Mōnita continually supported newcomers to Kawerau.

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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.

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3. (verb) to rest, support oneself, lie in wait, take breath.

Ka taupua ngā tāngata ki runga ki te takere o te waka (W 1971:401). / The men rested on the hull of the canoe.

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Synonyms: tauwhanga, tāpae, pehipehi, tauhanga, tāwhanga, whakamoho, tāoki, okioki, pae, whakanā, whakangā, whakatā, , whakamatua


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.

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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.

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