whakatipuranga
1. (noun) generation.
Ko te wā o Te Apaapa mōna nei te tangi nei ki te tātaitia i runga i ngā whakapapa ka waru ngā whakatipuranga tae mai ki te wā i tuhia ai ngā kupu e Downes (M 2007:4). / The time of Te Apaapa, for whom this lament was composed, is calculated on the genealogies counting eight generations until the time when Downes wrote down the words.