raupo

British  

/ rɑːuːpɒ /

noun

1. a New Zealand bulrush, Typha orientalis , with sword-shaped leaves, traditionally used for construction and decoration

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Etymology

Origin of raupo

Māori

Example Sentences

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raupo

Here and there we pass a cluster of their wharès, low down near the beach—brown huts of thatch-like appearance, for they are made of raupo grass.

From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay

The raupo, the reed-mace of New Zealand, always grows in swampy ground.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

Before the end of the year it was occupied by Morgan, Preece, and Wilson, who found raupo houses already erected for them by the Maoris.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas

The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; and the tapu was fairly beaten!

From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'

The bells were chiefly musket barrels, and they hung in actual raupo chapels built by Maori hands!

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas