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urupā - burial ground, cemetery

Urupā. 1. v.i. Catch in the water, “catch a crab.” Ka urupa tana hoe.

2. Draw to an end. Ka urupa te mahi (The working season is over). Ka urupa taku aroha (Thus ends my song of love) (M. 17).

3. n. Chance blow, accident.

4. Fence round a grave, burying place. Ka tata ki te taha o te urupa ka karanga mai te tohunga, “I haramai koe i whea?”

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

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

I mātua hui te iwi ki te marae, kātahi ka haere ki te urupā.
First the tribe met at the marae, and then set off to the cemetry.
And then... - kātahi ka...