Kōiwi, n. 1. Bone. Ka tomo atu a Kaihamu raua ko Uetapu ki taua pa e tare ra nga koiwi o to raua whaea (W. iv, 79). E puranga ana te mahi a te tupapaku, ano he ana koiwi e ka pukei (T. 155). ‖ iwi.
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2. Corpse. Tenei ano tetahi karakia kia whakahoki mai i te wairua ki roto ki te koiwi (M.M. 25). In connection with the two meanings above are used the expressions pure koiwi (food cooked for the spirits of the dead), wai koiwi, and umu koiwi. Ka kawea nga iwi ra ki te wai koiwi, ka karakia ano a Tawhaki, “Te horoi i te koiwi matua, te horoi i te korekore matua”; ka mutu ka patua te tangata mo te umu koiwi.
3. Person, self. Hoki mai ano ko to koiwi (M.M. 26). No whea e hoki ake to koiwi ora ki te ao? (M. 408). Kite koiwi, see face to face, for oneself. Nau mai hoki ra, kia kite koiwi, kei rongo korero koe (M. 203).
4. Spirit (an extension of the last meaning). Ka roa noa atu e takoto ana, me te tangi tonu nga tangata, ka hoki mai tona koiwi; ka mutu te tangi katahi ka hemo rawa taua kotiro.
5. Fellow, person, contemptuously. Te koiwi kurapa (The idle fellow). Kai hanu, kai hanu, hoki mai ano koe, ko to koiwi (P. 35).
6. Trunk of a tree. Kapi ana nga peka i te tangata, me nga pakiaka, me te koiwi hoki o te rakau.
7. Descendants, line of issue. Ko te Kani-a-Takirau, kaore ona uri, kua matemate anake, kaore he koiwi mona.
8. Strength.
9. Intensity. To te mate koiwi !
10. Visible habitat or representation of an atua.
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