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raupo
/ rɑːuːpɒ /
noun
- a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis , with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration
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Word History and Origins
Origin of raupo1
Māori
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Example Sentences
The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; and the tapu was fairly beaten!
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The bells were chiefly musket barrels, and they hung in actual raupo chapels built by Maori hands!
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They put him into a raupo hut by himself, and fastened the door—a proceeding that did not at all tend to elevate his spirits.
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The place was a network of trenches with connecting passages, roofed over with timber, raupo, and toetoe reeds and earth.
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He ran to the back of the house, made with some difficulty a hole in the padded raupo wall, and squeezed his head through it.
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