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hapa

1. (loan) (verb) to eat supper, have an evening meal, take communion.

Ka parakuihi i te ono, ka haere i te waru, ka tina i te tahi, ka hapa i te whitu (TP 4/1909:9). / They breakfasted at six, went at eight, ate lunch at one, and dinner at seven.

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2. (loan) (noun) tea, dinner, supper, communion, Lord's supper.

I tētahi ahiahi, ka mutu tā rāua hapa ko tōna ngoingoi me ā rāua tamariki, ka haere atu ia ki te taha o te ahi noho ai, titiro ai ki te pai o te kā o te ahi (TP 3/1911:11). / One evening, when he and his elderly lady and their children had finished their tea, he went to sit beside the fire and to look at how nice the fire was burning.

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