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kōpā - numb; stiff; set; cramped, confined

kopa - disappear; crippled; sandal; wallet; schoolbag

Kōpā, a. 1. Numbed, stiff. He kopa nga waewae.

2. Congealed, set. Ka kopa te toto o te tuahu a te tangata ra (M. vi).

Williams Dictionary

Kopa (i) 1. a. Bent, folded. Kia tupa tonu (nga kuka), ara kia paraharaha, kia kaua e kopa (Tr. xxxi, 643).

2. Crippled, lame.

3. n. Wallet, satchel, with a flap lid. He motoi taringa no roto i te kopa (M. 65). Kopa whakawiri titoki, a closely woven bag for squeezing the oil from titoki berries.

4. Sandal.

5. Native oven. E kongange ana te kopa. (R.).

kokopa, a. Bent.

kopakopa. 1. a. Wrinkled, creased. He kopakopa nga rau o tenei otaota.

2. n. Myosotidium hortense, a plant.

3. Trichomanes reniforme, kidney fern. whakakopa, whakakopakopa, v.t. 1. Wrap, fold up.

2. Clasp, clutch. E rua iara aku ringaringa ki te whakakopa mai i taku manawa (M. 180).

Williams Dictionary

Kopa (ii), v.i. 1. Pass by, disappear. Kihai i kopa te marama kua kitea tona hapu (T. 148). Ra ka whakangaro, ka kopa i te hekenga (M. 203). Ki te iwi ka kopa ki te ana o Rangitotohu (M. 242). He numinga, he kopanga (M. 390).

2. Fly away, fly. He toroa awe nui e kopa ana ia ki te muri (M. 330). Ko te kore pari tata hai kopanga moku ki wawe au te mate (S.).

whakakopa, v.i. Fly away, depart. He toroa whakakopa no runga o nga hiwi (M. 113).

Te ara whakakopa kei o matua (M. 182).

kopakopa, v.i. Fly about. Tena kei te motu ko te manu kopakopa (M. 182).

Williams Dictionary

Kopa (iii), kopanga, n. 1. Space in front of a house. E puta ki waho ra, kia tapapa koe te kopa o te whare (M.M. 173). = whakamahau.

2. The floor space in a house to the left of one entering. Called also mata kopa, kopa iti, and tara iti. The opposite side was the place of honour. ‖ J. v, 151. Ka noho ki te kopa iti (J. iii, 62).

3. In the north, applied to the paepae, or beams dividing the alleyway of a whare puni from the floor space at the sides.

4.——Kopanga waka.

Williams Dictionary

Kaua e wareware ki te kopa moni e .
Don't forget your wallet, Mā.
Negative active commands - Don't! - Kaua e..., kāti...

wai e tiki atu taku kopa moni?
Who will fetch my purse?
Who will? - mā wai?

Ai! Kua ahatia taku kopa moni?
Oh heck! What's happened to my wallet?
What happened to...? - ahatia?

Āe ! Me i kore ēnei karu, kua ngaro rawa kopa moni, ngā , ō mōwhiti!
I sure am! If it weren't for these eyes, you'd have lost your wallet, the keys, your glasses!

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