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whakahipa

1. (verb) (-a,-ina,-ngia) to turn aside, pass by.

Kātahi ka haere ia ki te pae maunga o Maungakawa, ki reira patupatu ai, kai ai i ngā tira ka whakahipa (Te Ara 2012). / It then went to the Maungakawa Range to kill and eat the travelling parties passing by.

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Synonyms: whakatipi, kape, kopa, tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha


2. (noun) passing by.

I auahatia Ngā Puke-māeroero i te tukinga me te whakahipa o ētahi papanga whenua nui whakaharahara (Te Ara 2015). / The Southern Alps were created at the meeting and sliding past each other of two massive plates.

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