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Topa
1. To bend down, to drop to the
ground; to fall on a certain date. 2. To stop doing
something, to drop; ina ekó topa taau aga, do
not stop, keep doing your work. 3. To remain, to be
left over, to be unfinished; he topa te kai,
the food is not finished, there is some left. 4. To
come to one's memory; i te aamu he topa te vānaga
tūai, in the legends old words come to memory.
5. To remember, to reflect (with mana'u as
subject); e-topa rivariva tokorua mana'u ki te
me'e nei, let the two of you think carefully
about this thing. Vanaga.
1. Wine; topa tahaga, id.
2. To fall in drops, to descend, to go down, to
abdicate; topa iho, to fall; hakatopa,
to knock down, to cause to fall; hakatopa ki raro,
to knock down, to subjugate. 3. Childbirth,
abortion; topa te poki, to lie in. 4. A
feast, to feast. 5. To arrive, to result; topa
rae, newcome; topa iho, to come
unexpectedly; topa ke, to deviate; topa no
mai, topa hakanaa, topa tahaga,
mau topa pu, unexpected; topa okotahi,
solitary; hakatotopa, to excite, to foment.
6. Bad, low, cheap, failure; igoa topa,
nickname; ariga topa, sinister, sly,
ill-tempered, to hang the head; hakatopa, to
disparage; hakatotopa, irresolute. 7. (Of
upward movement) topa ki raro, to scale, to
surpass; hakatopa ki te ao, to confer a
dignity; hakatopa ki te kahu, to spread a
sail; hakatotopa, to make a genealogy.
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