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taipo en · NOUN
Meanings
(New-Zealand) An evil spirit.
They are called taipos, or devils. If a Maori went fishing or birding between them in the Maungapakeha Valley, he might fail to get either birds or eels. The reason was that the Tinui taipo was angry, and would say to the Maungapakeha taipo, “This man has offended me; he shall catch no more eels or birds to-day.” 1905. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961, vol. 38, page 132