Tapa (i), n. 1. Margin, edge. Kihai i hukea te umu, engari he mea ketu i te tapa Tapa wha, four-sided. Tapa o te kuha, groin.
2. Cut, split.
3. Pudenda muliebria.
4. Karakia for bewitching. Ka maka atu e Maia ko te hura ko te kote, ko te tapa ko te matawha, ka maka atu ko te turipu, kamate a Uenuku i a Maia.
tapatapa, n. Groin. Kaore i whanau mai i roto i te tara o tona kuia, i whanau ke mai ma te tapatapa.
‖ tapahi.
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Tapa (ii), v.t. 1. Call, name. Koia i tapaa ai toku ingoa i te iwi nei ko Tatau (T. 46). Kapatau i kai au i te umu o to tapanga (A delicate way of asking a person's name).
2. Command, give the word for. Ma te wahine e tapa te whana o te riri.
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3. Recite. Ka tapaia te ngeri to e Rauaniki-ao (W.M. xii, 202).
tapatapa. 1. v.t. Call an article by the name of anyone, for the purpose of conferring some sanctity upon it, or of insulting the bearer of the name. He ingoa nui koa te ingoa o te here a ta raua tane, he ingoa tangata, he ito ki a ia, koia i tapatapaia ai hei ingoa mo tana here (Pi. 175, 4). Ka tapatapa a Whiro i te ingoa o Hua ki te waka nei (W. ii, 15).
2. Recite charms, etc. Kei muri au ka tapatapa ai, “Toia te waka,” etc. (W. ii, 15).
3. n. Set form of words, incantation: as tapatapa kumara, for planting kumara. Tāpae. 1. v.t. Lay one on another, stack. Ma wai e tapae nga roi.
2. Place before a person, present. Ka tapaetia te tapae, “Nga roimata-o-Ngati-Raukawa” (Tr. xxvii, 598). Tapaea he kai ma te manuhiri.
3. Invest, surround, lie in wait for.
4. Lie in a slanting position or across.
5. n. Present. ‖ under 2, above. Tapae toto, a present made in connection with the death of a chief. Ka hoatu ki a koe te kai-taka me te pounamu, hei whakanui i te ingoa o tera kua mate nei; he ritenga tenei e kiia he tapae toto (W.M. xiii, 49).
6. Ambuscade. A, ka puta taua kaikawe putea, ka kitea e nga tapae (W. iii, 123).
7. a. Transverse. Whare tapae, house with a door in the side. Ka tomo ki te whare o tona tipuna, he whare tapae. Umu tapae, an oven used at the tohi ceremony for males.
‖ pae, kopae.
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