Ripa. 1. n. Ridge. Ripa mai o te puke o Matakitaki (M. 299). Tera te kotuhi, auahi ana ia i te ripa o Tautari (S.).
2. Side, edge. Tenei Te Kanewai keitaku ripa maui.
3. The board placed on edge in a house along the top of the end]walls.
4. Horizon. Tera Kopu hikitia i te ripa (M. 7).
5. Boundary. Te ripa tauarai ki to taiwhenua (M. 237). Te hiwi ki Omaru, he ripa tauarai (M. 396).
6. A defensive incantation. Tenei mea, te ripa, he wehe i te mate.—He mata tawhito te karakia a Tamure hei rongoa mona … he parepare, he ripa (T. 172).
7. Row, rank, line, furrow. He ripa kawau kei runga kei te taumata (M. 40).
8. l.n. The upper side, top. Kei ripa, upon. Kei ripa rakau.
9. ad. Direct, in a line. Kei te takahi i te a a tawhiti noa atu, ripa ke atu, ripa ke mai (T. 94). Nou na, e Te Kohu. e hoki koutou ripa ki te whenua ki Maketu ra ia (M. 116).
10. v.t. Ward off, divert evil by means of incantations. Ko te tohunga hei ripa i te he.— Ko te kotipu ka ripaia, ara ka whakairia ki runga ki tetahi iwi ke.
ripanga, n. Heap. He ripanga paraoa ki Kauaeranga (M. 242).
whakaripa, ad. On edge, along the edge. Kia tia whakaripa ki te kotore huia (To stick in huia feathers on each side of my head) (M. 204).
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