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whaiapu

1. (noun) superior maro - used in the term maro whaiapu, a superior kind of maro made of dressed flax.

Ko te wāhi koa i pai ai ia, nō te maro whaiapu (NM 1928:10). / The part he liked was the fine short kilt of dressed flax.

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2. (noun) flinty stones, chert - flintlike form of quartz.

Ko ngā whao i kaha whakamahia mō te tapahi me te waruwaru ko ngā matā tūhua me te whaiapu (Te Ara 2011). / The tools most commonly used for cutting and scraping were sharp flakes of obsidian and chert.

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