tūpou
1. (verb) to bow the head, stoop down.
Nā, i tōna taenga atu ki raro i tētahi pari, e tūpou haere atu ana hoki ia, e kuhu haere ana hoki mā raro i te ururua, ka rongo ake ia i te haruru nui, kāore i taro, ehara, kua mau ngā matihao o tētahi kurī ki tōna kakī me te ngunguru mai hoki o taua kurī nei (TWMNT 22/6/1875:175). / Now, when he reached the bottom of a cliff, and he was stooped over as he entered the undergrowth by foot, he heard a loud noise, and before long, low and behold, an animal caught his neck with its claws and it was growling.
2. (verb) to dive.
Ka taea e rātou te tūpou i tētahi taha o te tima ki tētahi taha (TP 1/9/1902:2). / They were able to dive from one side of the ship to the other.
3. (verb) to rush (of the current).
Kātahi ka tirohia, nō te mea anō ka kaha te tūpou o te ia; kātahi ka karanga atu te toi whenua, “Kua tūpou te ia, whakamatauria!” (JPS 1893:148). / Then he looked at it because the current was rushing. Then the local people called, "The current is rushing, try it!"
Synonyms: patiko, oioi, rei, rere tārewa, whakatūkawikawi, tuoma, teretere, hīrere, rere, takaniti, takawhiti, wakewake
4. (adjective) steep, headfirst, headlong.
Kātahi ka whāia e Uamairangi, ā ka rere tūpou iho a Ririwai i runga i te pari; tū tonu te rae i te kōwhatu, mate iho (M 2005:342). / Then he was pursued by Uamairangi and Ririwai plunged headfirst over a cliff, striking his forehead on a rock, and he died.
5. (noun) misfortune (related to weaving).
Mehemea ka moe ahau i te pō, ka kitea e au te kākahu o taua wahine e iri ana, ka kīia tēnā he aroākapa, he tūpou, arā he aituā (JPS 1898:129). / If I dream at night that I see that woman's garment hanging up, that is said to be an aroākapa, a bad omen, that signifies an impending disaster.
