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taapu to stop (vt)
Ki te mea ka rokohanga te tangata i te whenua mamao noa atu, a ka taapu tana Wati. (Wan.1 3:32 1876,p.337)
taapu tub (n)
Kahore he horoi, kahore he pere, kahore he taapu, kahore he ipu. (Whiteley 1847,p.42)
Ahakoa kei te horoi kakahu ia, tu ana matou i te taha o tana taapu: ko te tahi o matou hei pupuru i a Pepi. (Kareti 7 1852,p.12)
Ki te kaha te turoro me noho ia ki roto ki te taapu wai mahana. (Martin 4 1869,p.10)
