Kupu o te Rā - whakatipu(a)

Rāapa, te 16 o Poutū-te-rangi, 2016.

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.
- this is an example of the agent emphatic

I whakatipu a Maru i te kūmara.
Maru grew the kūmara.
- this is an example of an active sentence