Rapa (i). 1. n. Anything broad and flat.
2. Stern-post of a canoe. Ka whakaekea te rapa, ka hoatu nga puhi o te rapa. = taurapa.
3. Blade of a paddle, etc. Ma Ngati Awa e whakatangi ki te rapa waihoe (M. 245). Me te mea ka whati te taiaha i roto i nga ringa, wahi ke te rapa me te reke (J. xx, 21). Rapa maire, a taiaha.
4. Sheet lighting. Me te tuhi, me te rapa, me te uira (M. 311).
5. Split stick used as a spit for roasting. ‖ korapa. (A single pointed spit is huki.)
6. a. Wide, flat. ‖ rimurapa.
7. Spread out, extended. Ka tae mai ki te koko o Taupo, ka mea ki nga hoa, “Ka rapa haere tatou.” Koia a Te Rapa.
8. United by a membrane, webbed. He waewae rapa to te parera.
9. v.i. Flash. Ka tangi te whatitiri, ka rapa te uira (M. 179).
10. Glance. E rapa te kanohi, te hoki mai ki muri kia ringia atu te wai kamo ki waho (S.).
11. v.t. Split open for roasting, etc., fish, etc. Me rapa ta tatou ika.
whakarapa. 1. v.i. Glow. Kua whakarapa te rangi.
2. a. Standing aloof, overlooked, omitted. Applied to persons overlooked in distribution of food, persons who do not respond to an invitation to turn off the road to receive hospitality, or to those who look on but do not take part in a muru (plundering party). Ko te whakarapa ki nga haere taua, haere kai taonga, haere tono taonga, haere whakataka tangata ki te taua, ki te mahi kai, ki te mahi whare, waka (M. lxxx). As these conditions are considered puhore, the following arises:
3. Unlucky. He whakarapa to koutou, he tikanga hauhauaitu to koutou nei (P. 30).
rarapa, v.i. 1. Flash. Rarapa he uira (T. 52). E rarapa ana a taua nei patu (M. 242).
2. Glance. Ka rarapa nga kanohi ko Wairarapa (M. 89).
raparapa. 1. n. The projecting portion of the maihi, or facing board on the gable of a house. ‖ J. v, 149.
2. Sole of the foot. Ko nga rapa rapa o Hotunui he nunui hoki (T. 136).
3. Membrane joining the tentacles of a squid, etc.
4. Eels split open for drying. Ko te mea tena e whakataukitia ana mo te whata o te tuna raparapa, ka iri i runga i te whata, “Me te whata raparapa tuna e iri mai ana te tutu.”
5. v.i. Flash repeatedly. Tuhi te uira, raparapa te uira (M. 293). He hoe ka hurihuri, he hoe ka raparapa (S.).
6. v.t. Irritate, provoke.
7. n. Stock of gun. (mod.)
whakaraparapa, v.i. Glance from side to side.
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Rapa (ii). 1. v.i. Stick, adhere, be entangled. Ka rapa te pirikahu ki oku.—Rapa tonu te taura ki te rakau.
2. a. Matted, tangled, twisted, cross-grained.
3. n. The custom of wearing the hair unkempt as a sign of tapu. No Hotunui, ara no Hoturapa, mo te rapa o ona makawe i tona tapu. Rapa mamae, the same custom, as a sign of mourning, generally for one whose death is unavenged.
4. Awkward, unskilful, inexpert. He rapa te tangata nei.
whakarapa, n. 1. A fish basket.
2. Hand net for taking quail.
3. Trap for birds.
‖ korapa.
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