kape

1. (noun) wooden spoon.

kape

1. (transitive verb) (-a) to pass by, leave out, exempt.

Ka whaimana te Kāwana i roto i tōna Kaunihera ki te kape i tētahi whenua Māori ki waho i ngā tikanga o tēnei Ture (RT 2013:23). / The Governor in his Council has the authority to exempt a particular piece of Māori land from the provisions of this Act.

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Synonyms: tohipa, tāhapa, numi, pahemo, pahure, paneke, whakahipa, whakataha, taha, tīpoka, pahika, hiemi, hihipa, hemo, hipa, whakatataha, whakatipi, kopa

2. (transitive verb) (-a) to reject, refuse.

He pirau kai mā te arero e kape (NP 2001:109). / Rotten food will be rejected by the tongue. (A whakataukī saying that eventually evil will be rejected.)

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Synonyms: kapurangi, para, whakahoe, whakakāhore, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, huru, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe, tohe, opa, whakarere, whakareretanga, ākiri, parahako

3. (transitive verb) (-a) to move with the point of a stick, hook out, rake out, separate out.

Ka wera ngā kōhatu, ka kapea mai ngā ngārehu, ka taona atu ngā rīwai iti nei, 12 te nui (TTR 1994:148). / When the stones were hot, the embers were raked out, and 12 small potatoes were cooked.

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Synonyms: kōmiri, kopana

4. (noun) stick for moving or stirring.

Kimihia mai he kape hei kōrorirori i te peita nei (PK 2008:209). / Look for a stick to stir this paint.

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kape

1. (loan) (verb) (-a,-tia) to copy, duplicate, photocopy, reproduce.

Taku hiahia ko ngā kōrero o ngā whawhai o ērā motu, kāore e kapea ana e koutou ngā kōrero o roto i ngā pepa Pākehā (TJ 14/6/1898:5). / I want to see reports from the wars in other countries, not stories copied by you from the Pākehā newspapers.

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Synonyms: whakaahua

2. (loan) (noun) copy, duplicate, facsimile, reproduction, photocopy, issue.

Kai aua tiati te kape o taua kawenata (TW 22/6/1878:316). / Those judges have a copy of that covenant.

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Synonyms: tārua, whakaputa uri

kape

1. (noun) eyebrow.

Ka tū tērā ngā kape o te tangata rā (W 1971:96). / The eyebrows of that man stand out making him look fierce.

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2. (noun) eye socket.

Kia honuhonu ō kape, kia mārama ai ō kanohi te pūkana (W 1071:96). / Your eye sockets should be deep so that your eyes stand out when doing the pūkana.

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3. (noun) kōwhaiwhai symbol - a curved pattern like an eyebrow.

He mea karakara a roto o te kape, ka waiho kia mā a waho (RTA 2014:98). / The inside of the kape symbol is coloured in and the outside is left white.

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4. (noun) moko below the eyebrows.

5. (noun) crescent.

kape rua

1. (noun) kōwhaiwhai pattern - sometimes written as one word, i.e. kaperua.

Ko te kape rua rā, ānō he rārangi tukemata kei runga, me te rārangi waha kei raro (PK 2008:210). / That kape rua kōwhaiwhai pattern is like a line of eyebrows along the top and a row of mouths on the bottom.

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