2. (modifier) summarising.
Ko Te Wheoro tētahi o ngā puna-kōrero a Hōne Waiti i a ia i tuhi ai i ana pukapuka whakarāpopoto (TTR 1990:339). / Te Wheoro was one of John White's informants when he was writing his compilation.
3. (noun) summary, précis, synopsis.
Nō reira, ka whakarārangitia i kōnei te whakarāpopoto o aua kōrero kua oti te whakakaupapa haere i roto i ngā whārangi o tua ake nei (B 1979:50). / And so, listed here is the summary of those accounts that have been completed in the previous pages.
Synonyms: whakarāpopototanga
2. (transitive verb) summarise.
3. (transitive verb) precis.
4. (noun) summary.
whakakapi
1. (verb) (-a) to fill up (a space), occupy, replace, stand as a substitute.
I te tau 1898 i tuhi ia ki 'Te Puke Ki Hikurangi', te nūpepa i whakakapi i tāna, ki te whakaputa i ōna whakaaro mō te whakahaere o te kaupapa o te Kotahitanga (TTR 1994:31). / In 1898 he wrote to 'Te Puke ki Hikurangi', his paper's successor, expressing his views on the performance of the Kotahitanga movement.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to conclude, complete, close, finish (speeches, writing, lectures) - especially in the sense of tying together the ideas that have been said or written earlier or by other speakers.
3. (noun) cover, substitute, successor, replacement.
Mā te Kāwana e whakatū atu tētahi perehitini hei whakakapi mōna (TWMNT 30/10/1872:140). / The Governor will appoint a president as his replacement.
