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kōpū - belly, womb

Kōpū, n. 1. Belly, womb. Kua nui haere te mamae ki tona kopu (T. 127).

2. Calf of the leg. Ka tupu tetahi mate kino whakarihariha ki te kopu o toku waewae.

3. Skin with down from the belly of a bird, worn as an ornament. E rua kopu toroa ki nga taringa (T. 97).

4. An inner garment. Ko te pueru i waho, ko te kahakaha i roto, ko te kopu i roto rawa (T. 138).

5. The planet Venus. Ano ko Kopu ka puta ake i te pae nga karu o te maipi (T. 99). Ko Meremere ano taku e hiko atu; tauhokai ana Kopu i te ata, ko taku teina tonu tenei, ka hoki mai (M. 69).

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Kopū, a. 1. Full, filled up. Kaore i tiketike ake te koputanga o te rua kai.

2. Blistered.

3. Bent, warped. Ka kopu te papa i te kaha o te ra.

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Kopu (i), kōkopu, n. 1. Galaxias fasciatus, a fresh-water fish. Kai mai ra, kai mai ra ki taku matire, e kopu, e kopu, e (K.). = kopakopako, koriwhariwha, ruao, ruwao.

2. A large species of eel. = tuna pouaru. Kokopu ruao and kokopu taiwhara, large varieties of Galaxias fasciatus. Kokopu totarawhare, a fish. Ko te ika nana i kai nga kerakera i horoia atu ra, he kokopu totarawhare. Kokopu tuna, female of large variety of eel. (Wai.). Kokopu ururoa, a fish about 9 in. long.

3. Gobiomorphus gobioides, bully, a freshwater fish. = toitoi, koputea, hawai, maruru, tipokopoko, titikura.

kopukopu, n. 1. Parapercis colias, blue cod. = rawaru, pakirikiri.

2. Young of hapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios).

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Kopu (ii), n. Round sennit, plaited cord.

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Ko Papatūānuku te aorangi tuatoru mai i te . Kei waho atu i a tātou ko Matawhero, ā, kei waho atu i a ia, ko Pareārau. Ā, ko Kōpū, ko Whiro kei roto atu.
The Earth is the third planet from the sun. Farther out from us is Mars, and out from Mars is Jupiter. Further in from us our Venus and Mercury.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Rērere tonu ai a Tāwhiri-mātea, arā, ngā hau o te rangi, hoki atu, hoki atu, ki te tahatū o te rangi ki te tahatahi i ngā piro o te kōpū o Rangi.
...Tāwhiri-mātea still sweeps the skies, from one horizon to another, back and forth to clean away the impurities left behind from the embrace of the stomach of Rangi.

Me te mea ko Kōpū ka rer i te pae.
[A beautful woman is] like Venus rising above the horizon.

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