raupo

/ (rɑːuːpɒ) /


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

Origin of raupo

1
Māori

Words Nearby raupo

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How to use raupo in a sentence

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

    Old New Zealand: | 'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning]
  • The bells were chiefly musket barrels, and they hung in actual raupo chapels built by Maori hands!

  • 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.

  • The place was a network of trenches with connecting passages, roofed over with timber, raupo, and toetoe reeds and earth.

  • 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.

    Old New Zealand | Earl of Pembroke.