tāpi - sticking plaster
Tāpi, v.t. Apply, as dressings to a wound. Ka haere te wahine ki te rama ika, ka hoki mai
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ki uta, ka whawhati i nga rau otaota, ka tunu ki te ahi, katahi ka tāpi ki nga waewae hai whakaora i ona waewae i te ngaunga a te kohatu.
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Tapi (i), v.t. Patch, mend, repair. Tapia to tatou waka.
tapitapi. 1. v.t. Get together the remains of a scattered army.
2. n. Alectryon excelsum, a tree. = titoki.
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Tapi (ii), tapitapi, v.t. Find fault with, chide. Heoti ka tapia e nga tane, ka mate te wahine i te whakama (Pi. 135, 3). I tapitapia ahau e te tangata ra.
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Tapi (iii). n. Forelock of a man's hair painted with red ochre. Hence Tapi o Makahuri, the bloom of the rata tree.
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