tāpiri

Maori

Etymology

From ‎tā- (causative prefix) +‎ piri (“to stick”).

Verb

tāpiri (passive tāpiria or tāpirihia or tāpiritia)

  1. (transitive) to add on, to append

Derived terms

Noun

tāpiri

  1. sticking plaster
  2. sticky tape

Further reading

  • “tāpiri” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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