parapara. 1. n. Filth, excrement, offal, spittle, part of the after-birth.
2. Remains, scraps. Tae atu ki te parapara maunu, pokepokea iho ki nga toto (Pi. 135, 4).
3. A place where certain rites were performed. Katahi ka haere ki runga ki te parapara, karakia ana (Pi. 135, 3). Ahi parapara and umu parapara were ovens connected with certain rites, and the rites themselves, in connection with a corpse, tattooing, the first fish caught by a youth, etc. Ka timata te tangata ki te mahi tuna, katahi ano ia ka mahi i tera mahi, ka ka te ahi parapara, ma nga tane anake e kai. Kai parapara, the offence of eating food products from lands which have been made tapu.
4. a. In expression whitau parapara, flax dyed in mud impregnated with iron. I tukua paraparatia noa iho (It was simply steeped in mud, without having been first soaked in wai hinau).
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parapara, n. 1. Heimerliodendron brunonianum (Pisonia brunoniana), the bird-catching tree.
2. Pseudopanax lessonii, a tree.
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parapara, n. Talents, gifts, faculties. Kihai i taka te parapara o ona tupuna tuku iho ki a ia.
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