whakatupu
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria) to rear, grow, raise, cultivate, produce, farm.
Whakatupuria te kau me te nanenane kia whai waiū ai mā ngā tamariki (TPM 2/2/1863:4). / Raise cows and goats so that you have milk for the children.
See also whakatipu
Synonyms: whakaputa, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakatū, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, hī, huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, whakakaurera, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki, kōkai, hikumaro, hikutira
2. (modifier) growing, rearing, future.
Kua waiho iho e koe ēnā hei tirotirohanga, hei whiriwhiringa mā ngā uri whakatupu (JPS 1922:77). / You have left those for the perusal and consideration of future generations.
Synonyms: whakatiputipu, whakatipu
3. (noun) growing, growth, rearing, raising, breeding.
4. (noun) appearance, stature, build, physique.
E ai ki a Te Maahi, te pirimia, he tangata tino koi rawa atu te hinengaro o Kaihau, ā, ko tōna pakari me tōna whakatupu, ko Hēkuri tonu te rite (TTR 1994:37). / According to Mr Massey, the prime minister, Kaihau was a man with a very sharp mind and in strength and stature he was just like Hercules.
Synonyms: whakatipu
