Tipao. 1. v.i. Come and go irregularly. Taku koara, e, te whatitiri i runga, tipao tonu iho, e, ra runga i a koe; he tohu aitua, e, i (S. ii, 25).
2. Wander. Me tipao taku haere ki Nukutaurua (M. 29). Ko koe anake i tipao haere i runga i nga maunga (M. 40).
3. v.t. Pick out singly. ‖ tipako.
4. Cut off stragglers of an army.
5. n. A game.
tīpaopao, v.t. Do irregularly, put out of proper sequence. Kaua e tipaopao to korero.
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