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hāpua

1. (stative) be hollow, depressed (like a valley), hollowed out, scooped out.

Hoake tātou ki te wāhi e hāpua mai rā (W 1971:36). / Let's go to the place over there that is hollowed out.

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2. (modifier) hollowed, sunken, depressed, concave.

He wāhi hāpua kei mua mai ka tae atu ai ki te pā (NIT 1995:279). / There was a depression in front of them right to the pā.
Ētahi mea hei oranga mō ō koutou tinana ko ngā rori me ngā awakeri hei hekenga mō te wai i ngā wāhi hāpua; te tuakanga me te tahutahunga i ngā ngāherehere; me te whakapai i ngā whenua (TWMNT 3/4/1872:60). / Some things that will provide a livelihood are the roads and drainage of the ponds; the felling and burning of the forests; and the improvements to the land.

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3. (noun) pool of water, lagoon, pond.

He haere tonu tana mahi ki ngā roto o Waihora, o Wairewa, me te hāpua o Wainono ki te hopu kātaha, taraute me te kōkopu (TTR 1996:71). / Her work took her regularly to Waihora (Lake Ellesmere), Wairewa (Lake Forsyth) and Wainono Lagoon, to catch herring, trout and kōkopu.

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Synonyms: pūroto, pūrotoroto, hāroto, hārotoroto, hōpua


4. (noun) grove of trees of one species.

He hāpua kahika (JPS 1926:244). / A grove of kahikatea trees.

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