koko

1. (verb) to soar, fly.

koko

1. (noun) bay, cove, inlet.

Ko te marae i takoto ai te kahurangi nei ko Kakanui, he pā kai tētahi koko i te pito hauāuru o Te Rotoiti; ko Te Tāheke tōna ingoa nui (M 2006:254). / The marae where this aristocratic woman lay was Kakanui, a pā at a cove at the western end of Lake Rotoiti; its main name is Te Tāheke.

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Synonyms: korutanga, kowhanenga, kokoru, kokorutanga, kopanga, koro, tāwhangawhanga, awhenga, whanga

2. (noun) corner, recess.

Haere tonu atu te tangata rā, noho rawa atu i te koko o te whare (M 2006:328). / They called him to go inside and that man went straight in and sat in the corner of the house.

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Synonyms: hiki

kōkō

1. (noun) tūī, parson bird, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae - a songbird that imitates other birds' calls and has glossy-black plumage and two white tufts at the throat.

He nui te manu hai kai - te kākā, te kōkō, te kererū (HP 1991:28). / There were plenty of birds as food - kākā, tūī and New Zealand wood pigeon.

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kōkō

1. (loan) (noun) cocoa.

koko

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to scoop up, shovel.

Ka koko parengo ia ki roto i tōna waha, me te kōtamutamu anō o ōna ngutu. "Hmm...āhua totetote tēnei kai." (TWK 36:4). / He scooped parengo seaweed into his mouth and smacked his lips. "Hmm...This food is quite salty."

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Synonyms: awhe, kapu, kaku, tīkoko, kōutuutu

2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to pull up.

Ka tahuri rātau ki te koko rimu hei takotoranga mō ngā pāua me ngā ika maroke kia mākūkū ai, koi kino i te rehu waitai (JPS 1913:111). / They proceeded to pull up seaweed as receptacles for the pāua and the dried fish so that they would be moist, and so that they should not be spoiled by the sea spray.

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Synonyms: hutihuti, tākiri, kōwhiti, whakatū, huti

3. (noun) shovel, scoop, spoon.

Synonyms: ao, hako, hakohako, ope

kōkō

1. (noun) wind - often with a suffix added to specify what type of wind, e.g. kōkōhau.

kokō

1. (verb) to make a rumbling noise, make a gurgling noise.

Tau: He kōawa tērā e kokō mai rā? Ira: Kāo, he kōrere (HJ 2012:287). / Tau: Is that a watercourse gurgling there? Ira: No, it's a pipe.

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Synonyms: māorooro, wheoro, ngunguru, oro, wawā, haruru, hanguru, horu, rarā

kōkō

1. (verb) (-ia,-tia) to dig (with a kō), dig up, plant.

Me kōkō aku tinaku (W 1971:121). / My tubers should be planted.

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Synonyms: tipu, rumaki, tiri, tiritiri, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa, marotiritiri, tanu, pou, rākau, tou

2. (verb) to catch kehe fish - by driving them with a pole along channels in the rocks into a net held by a second person.

Kāre hoki e pai tēnei pō mō ngā mahi rama i ngā kai o te pō. Pēnei i te rama pāpaka, i te kōkō kehe, i te rama tuna rānei i roto i ngā awa (WT 2013:21). / However, this night was not a good time to hunt for food by torchlight, like crabs; or netting for kehe or eels in the streams and rivers.

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