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whakatiputipu

1. (verb) (-ria) to rear, cause to grow, raise.

Ka kite ia, mai i te tau 1935, kua taetae mai te maha o te tangata ki te whakatiputipu paina i Matahina (EM 2002:200). / He saw from 1935 that many people had arrived to raise pine trees at Matahina.

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Synonyms: hikutira, hikumaro, kōkai, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, , huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki, whakatū, riaki, mairanga, whakapakeke, whakatupu


2. (modifier) growing, rearing.

Inā hoki ētahi kei a mātou nei, kei ngā mahi whakatiputipu rākau (TTT 1/9/1930:2145). / Because some are with us in the tasks of growing trees.

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3. (noun) growing, planting, growth, rearing.

Kua tīmata hoki te whakatiputipu paina ki Matahina (EM 2002:57). / The growing of pine trees had also begun at Matahina.

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Synonyms: whakatupu, whakatipu, marotiritiri, pounga, ono, rerenga, rumaki, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatōnga

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