2. (verb) to flap.
Me kī koia nei te hunga kua pakipaki ngā parirau, kua rere, kua topaki, kua tauihi, kua tapakō (HM 4/1997:5). / Let's say that this is the flock that have flapped their wings, flown, hovered, soared and swooped down.
3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to besiege.
E whitu rā e pakipakitia ana, ka horo (TTR 1990:40). / After besieging it for seven days, it fell.
4. (noun) clapping, applause.
5. (noun) siege.
Ka whakataungia e Ngāti Porou kua rite i ngā mate o Te Whānau-a-Apanui tā rātau take, ka hīkina te pakipaki, hoki atu ana ki te kāenga (TTR 1990:37). / Ngāti Porou decided that the suffering of Te Whānau-a-Apanui was sufficient and the siege ended and they returned home.
Synonyms: awhi
6. (noun) wallet (with a flap to cover the opening).
7. (noun) fin.
pakipaki
1. (modifier) decorated with with an extra tāniko border woven on.
E kore i au e karanga ki te waka tuku mai nō raro, i te kore tātata hei hoko parawai pakipaki (M 2007:64). / I will not summon the canoes sent from the north, as there are no flax waist garments to trade for the superior capes made of flax fibre and decorated at the bottom and top.
2. (noun) cloak with an extra tāniko border woven on.
Kia kākahu i te kahu whakairo, he neketaha, ki te pakipaki he korohunga (G 1853:297). / To be clothed in a decorated cloak, a neketaha (an ornamented cloak), with a pakipaki (a cloak of muka fibre with an extra tāniko piece woven on to the tāniko borders) and a korohunga (cloak with three ornamental borders of the same width).
