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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