Results for 'tupu'
tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot
(variant of tipu)
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).
Williams Dictionary
I tupu hoki ahau i reira.
I also grew up there.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
I tupu au i Te Tonga.
I grew up down South.
Sentences with i - i
Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.
At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.
Belonging to the past - nō
I a au e taiohi ana, i tukua aku makawe kia tupu. I āhua roa tonu.
When I was a teenager, I let my hair grow. It got quite long.
When I was young - I a e tamariki ana
Kāore ngā putiputi e tupu i te marumaru.
The flowers will not flourish in the shade.
Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
I tupu tōna pukurir i roto i a ia.
His anger grew within him.
Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
I tupu tōna pukuriri i roto i a ia.
His anger grew within him.
E takiruarua haere ngā tupu.
The plants were growing scattered in pairs.
Kāo, i tupu ake au i reira.
No, I grew up there.
Kei.te tupu aua rākau ināianei.
Those trees are growing today.
I.te.mea anō e noho ana ia i reira, ka tupu ake tētahi raruraru.
Because he was staying there, trouble brewed.
Kei te matewai ngā tupu.
The plants are thirsty.
Ka tupu te raruraru i waenganui i ngā tohunga nei, i a Nukutawhiti rāua ko Ruanui.
Trouble arose between these two experts, Nukutawhiti and Ruanui.
Ko ngā rākau anake i tupu tonu.
Only the trees continued to grow.
E tupu nei anō ināianei.
It is still growing there today.
Ka tupu te whakaaro i a Ngā Tokorua kia whakatupu i a i tana iwi kia nui hei rapu utu, ā, kia hoki anō ai rātou ki tō rātou whenua tupu
Ngā Tokorua had determined to build up his tribe in order to take revenge and to return to their homeland
Nā, i ētahi rā ka tupu te whawhai a taua pā ki ngā tāngata o Awhitu.
Now, at a certain time, warfare broke out between that fortress and the people of Awhitu.
Ka pirau noa iho tētahi taha o te wahine rā, ka tupu rīrī e te tio tio.
One side of the woman became rotten and overgrown with barnacles.
Ka tae ki te wāhi i tupu ai te poroporo o Uenuku.
They reached the place where Uenuku's breadfruit grew.
