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

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 Morris, Edward Ellis

Another curious article of vegetable food was the punga-punga, the yellow pollen of the raupo flowers.

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 Morris, Edward Ellis

Most of the houses are, of course, the usual raupo wharès, but there are carpentered frame-houses in the kainga as well.

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

Twenty years ago a hapu, in number just forty persons, removed their kainga from a dry healthy position to the edge of a raupo swamp.

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

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 Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)