Tupu. 1. v.i. Grow, increase. E tupu tonu mai nei ano te kumara i te pari o taua whenua (T. 74).
2. Spring, issue, begin. Ka tupu te whawhai a taua pa ki nga tangata o Awhitu (T. 166). Ka tupu te whana.
3. Be firmly fixed. Tupu tonu te pou nei.
4. n. Shoot, bud.
5. Growth.
6. Social position. Kua heke tona tupu (He has degenerated). Whakaheke tupu, treat with indignity. He iwi kino te iwi nei; he iwi whaka-heke tupu tangata (T. 141).
7. a. Genuine, own. I a Manaia e tungatunga atu ana ki tana tama tupu (T. 119).
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tupuria, pass. Be overgrown. E tangi ana ki tona whenua, ka tuouria nei e te maheuheu (M. 312).
whakatupu. 1. v.t. Cause to grow, rear, cherish. Kaua e whakatupu wehewehe i roto i a tatou (T. 12).
2. Assume the character or appearance of, make oneself like. Katahi ka whakatupu kuri te tangata ra.
3. n. A garment of dyed flax.
whakatupuranga, n. Generation. Ko tenei korero no te whakatupuranga o nga tupuna o te tangata maori (T. 30).
tuputupu, n. 1. Shoot, sprout. Polack gives tuputupu as a name for mangrove, but probably was misled by this sense.
2. A cloak of flax. Nga koroai, nga tatata, nga tuputupu, nga topuni, nga huru, nga kakahu o namata o nga rangatira (W. v, 76).
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