Kapowai, kapokapowai, n. 1. Dragon-fly.
2. Charcoal embers.
whakakapowai, v.t. Preserve a human head by a process of parboiling and drying. Kei te tao i te tangata, kei te kai; kei te whakakapowai i te upoko; ka maoa, kei te korero whakatu, “Kei a au a Raumati” (T. 102).
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kapokapowai, v.t. = whakakapowai, above. Ka kotia te upoko o te tupapaku ra, a nehua ana te tinana, a kapokapowaitia ana te upoko hei mau ki te kainga.
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