tupehau
1. (noun) calf (of the leg), shin.
Ka kite iho au kua motu te kiko o te tupehau o taku waewae (HP 1991:21). / I saw that the flesh of the calf of my leg had been cut.
Synonyms: tāhau, kauangāwai, tā
2. (noun) porch, verandah.
Synonyms: mahau, kōihi, whakamahau, haurangi, roro, kopa pākai, hōpua
3. (noun) stopbank.
Nō muri mai i āna mahi whakahaere i tētahi o ngā ope a tōna matua e hanga tupehau ana mō te taha awa o Tūtaekurī (TTR 1998:104). / After his managerial work on one of his father's gangs he built stopbanks for the Tūtaekurī river.
