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hāpara

1. (verb) (-ia,-tia) to slit, cut.

I hāparaia te ika ki te naihi. / The fish was sliced with the knife.

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2. (verb) to dawn.

Ka hāpara te ata (W 1971:35). / The morning dawned.

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3. (noun) dawn.

I te ata hāpara o te 1 o Hepetema ka rawhia tana puni i Te Hāpua (ko Ruahapū rānei) e tū tata atu ana ki Te Whāiti (TTR 1990:385). / At dawn on 1 September they surrounded his camp at Te Hāpua (or Ruahapu), near Te Whāiti.
Nō te hāpara, ka wehe te tītī nei i te toka rerenga (Te Ara 2015). / At dawn this sooty shearwater departs from a take-off rock.

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