whakatipu(a)

to grow

E whakatipua ana te pātītī e Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
The grass is being grown by Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
- this is an example of a passive sentence

Nā Maru te kūmara i whakatipu.
Maru grew the kūmara.
- he tauira tēnei o te kaimahi whakaputa

I whakatipu a Maru i te kūmara.
Maru grew the kūmara.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi


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