Tauparapara. 1. v.t. Play with one another.
2. n. Incantation for moving a canoe on a portage, and possibly for other purposes. No te toanga o Tainui i Otahuhu, kotahi tauparapara, ka rua, ka toru … ka tekau; no te mea he karakia tonu enei tauparapara (J. ii, 212).
3. Nothopanax arboreum, a tree. = whau-whau.
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