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tipu - to grow (v); a plant, shoot

Tipu (i) = tupu.

Williams Dictionary

Tipu (ii), n. Swelling, lump.

whakatipu, n. A rough tufted flax shoulder cape. = timu.

tiputipu, n. Lump, swelling, of a scrofulous nature. E te tiputipu nei, tairoria (M. 43.)

Williams Dictionary

I tipu au i Ahitereiria.
I grew up in Australia.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Ka tipu te rito o te harakeke i tēnei marama.
The new shoots of flax will sprout this month.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Ka whakatō te paruauru i ngā tipu ā tērā wiki.
The gardener will plant the seedlings next week.
Simple sentences: future tense - ka

Kei mua i te whare e tipu ana.
Growing in front of the house.
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Ka keria te māra, kāore i roa ka tipu ngā otaota.
The garden was dug and it wasn't long before the weeds sprouted.
It won't be long before... - kāore e roa...; kāori i roa...

I whakatōkia ngā tipu e te paruauru.
The seedlings were planted by the gardener.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kia tipu, kia puāwai, ko koe te mea nui, ā, te kaiako ngā wawata o te kaiako āna tauira.
Grow and flourish—you are the most important thing—and through the teacher are the teacher’s aspirations for their students.

Kia ora tātou, mihi ana ki a koutou katoa, ngā pātaka reo o tēnā, o tēnā kokona o te ao Māori nei. Ko Tūhoe Huata tōku ingoa. I tipu ake au i Ngā Rekereke, i ōku kaumātua o Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.
Greetings to us all, I acknowledge you all, the repositories of language in every corner of this Māori world. My name is Tūhoe Huata. I grew up at Ngā Rekereke, among my elders of Te Whakarewarewatanga o teope tau a Wāhiao.

He tangata nui, pakari te tipu, he ātaahua.
He was a big, strongly built, handsome man.

Haere ki te whakamākū i ngā tipu.
Go water the seedlings.

#144: Who will dance all night?
#62: Have you heard the bird that is singing in the morning?
#54: Their mothers are angry
#162: The children broke the window
#14: I'm not crying. You're crying.
#139: My father is from Napier
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