Kape (i) 1. v.t. Pass by, leave out. He aha ahau i kapea ai?
2. Reject, refuse. Piro kai ma te arero e kape (P.). Ka tohe ano te ringa o te wahine ra, ka kapea e Paoa (T. 194).
3. Pick out, separate.
4. Move with the point of a stick, etc. Ka kapea ki te maipi, ka topea ki te matā (W. ii, 41).
5. n. Stick for moving or stirring anything.
6. Hand net on a pole for taking small fish. Tu te rou, taka te kape (M. 236).
kapekape, n. 1. Stick to rake out embers or food. Taumaha kai te motumotu, kai te kapekape, kai te rorerore.
2. North-west wind; in some districts, south-west wind.
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