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whakaipo

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to court, woo, treat with affection, cherish.

E mātakitaki ana te tangata i te toa e whakaipo ana i te uwha. / The man is watching the male animal making up to the female.

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2. (modifier) love.

Titoa ana e Paraire te waiata whakaipo nei a 'Pōkarekare ana', ā, waiatatia atu ana e ia ki a Kuīni me ōna tīpuna o Ngāti Porou i te marae o Te Poho-o-Rāwiri (TTR 1996:256). / Paraire composed the love song 'Pokarekare ana', and he sang it to Kuīni and her Ngāti Porou elders on Te Poho-o-Rāwiri marae.

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Synonyms: taupuhi, kūata, kūwata, aroha, kanehe, ipo, pohane, murimuri aroha

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