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tūpāpaku - corpse, body

Tūpāpaku. ‖ tupaku.

Williams Dictionary

tūpāpaku, n. 1. Corpse. Erangi ko nga tupapaku i tanumia ki te rua (T. 155).

2. Sick person, invalid, sufferer. Ka ora te tupapaku i tenei karakia (M. 209). Ka whakawaia te tupapaku ana taia ki te moko, ka waiatatia kei rongo i te mamae o te uhi.

3. One intended to be killed. Katahi ka tahuri ki te tupe i te tupapaku; na, kua ngoikore te tupapaku, heoiti ano ka mau (T. 119).

Williams Dictionary

Kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
That place was left as a burial ground for the dead.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Me tāpuke te tūpāpaku i roto i te toru rā.
The body must be buried within three days.
Simple sentences: you should - me

I tāhaetia te tūpāpaku, e ai anō ki ngā rongo.
The body was stolen, so the story goes.
According to... - E ai ki.../E ai ki tā... /Ki tā

I ēnei rā, kua waiho taua wāhi hei urupā mō ngā tūpāpaku.
Now that place remains as a burial place for the dead.
For the purpose of - hei

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#40: Rangi is sad now but is a happy person

#91: Let there be one cup of sugar (kia)

#157: When the police arrived, the thief had already run away

#31: The family were playing the game

#138: The mother will be the one to tidy the room

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