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单词 urupa
释义

Definition of urupa in English:

urupa

nounʊrʊˈpɑː
NZ
  • (in Maori culture) a cemetery or burial site.

    the group visited seven urupa, all of them beautifully kept
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I would like to think that all New Zealanders were respectful of genuine urupa sites.
    • There are urupa there, and we certainly respected them.
    • They also lost control over some of their urupa and significant sites.
    • It astounds me some people still deny the site was ever an urupa.
    • If there were specific important urupa sites, then I would like to see them in a clear, protected property right.
    • The trust was trying to determine whether the land had ever been used for an urupa.
    • The group visited one last urupa to pay respects at the grave of a brother.
    • There are at least two urupa on the estuary and sometimes bones come up and some of these have also been churned over.
    • The grandmother said family members would gather at the urupa today for a commemorative service.
    • The difficulty is that the local iwi who are denying that access are saying they do not like it because it disturbs their urupa.

Origin

Maori.

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