urupa
/ʊrʊˈpɑː
/noun (plural same) NZ
(In Maori culture) a cemetery or burial site: the group visited seven urupa, all of them beautifully kept...
- I would like to think that all New Zealanders were respectful of genuine urupa sites.
- If there were specific important urupa sites, then I would like to see them in a clear, protected property right.
- The grandmother said family members would gather at the urupa today for a commemorative service.
Origin
Maori.
- semi-automatic
- semi-autonomous
- semi-basement
- semibold
- semibreve
- semicircle
- semicircular
- semicircular canals
- semicivilized
- semi-classical
- semicolon
- semiconducting
- semiconductor
- semi-conscious
- semi-conservative
- semi-crystalline
- semi-cylinder
- semi-cylindrical
- semi-darkness
- semidemisemiquaver
- semi-deponent
- semiderelict
- semi-detached
- semi-detachment
- semidiameter