tupu - to grow, develop; a plant, shoot (variant of tipu)
I tupu hoki ahau i reira.I also grew up there.Simple sentences: past tense - i
I tupu au i Te Tonga.I grew up down South.Sentences with i - i
Nō te wā o te piringa o Rangi rāua ko Papa ka tupu te werawera, ka rērere te kohu.At the time of the union of Rangi and Papa, the heat grew, the mist rose.Belonging to the past - nō
Kāore ngā putiputi e tupu i te marumaru.The flowers will not flourish in the shade.Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
I tupu tōna pukurir i roto i a ia.His anger grew within him.Possessives - 'o' class - ō, tōku...
Kāo, i tupu ake au i reira.No, I grew up there.