kaupapa
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
kaupapa
- (New Zealand) Among the Māori people, a philosophy or set of principles.
Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
kaupapa
- level surface, floor, stage, platform, layer
- He oneone te kaupapa o te whare.
- The house had an earth floor.
- topic, policy, matter for discussion, plan, purpose, scheme, proposal, agenda, subject, programme, theme, issue, initiative
- I tuhi a Rōpiha i ētahi pūrongo i 'Te Ao Hou', ā, i āwhina atu hoki ia ki te ārahi i ngā kaupapa a te maheni nei i ōna tau tuatahi.
- Rōpiha wrote articles for 'Te Ao Hou', and he also helped guide the magazine’s policies in its early years.
- raft
- Ka mahia te kaupapa raupō ... ka hoea taua kaupapa ki te au o te awa punga ai
- The raupō raft was made and then it was paddled into the current of the river to anchor it.
- main body of a cloak
- Ka whakamaua atu ngā huruhuru kiwi ki te kaupapa o te kahu.
- The kiwi feathers were fixed to the body of the cloak.