kokomo
1. (verb) (-tia) to thrust in, put in, insert.
Kokomo noa a Kīngi Ruihi XVI (tau 1774) i te pua taewa ki roto ki ngā koroputa patene o tōna koti mau ai, kia mōhiotia ai e te iwi he taonga nui taua kai, te taewa (TWMNT 25/5/1875:115). / King Louis XVI (in 1774) inserted the potato flower into the button-holes of his coat so that the people knew that that food, the potato, was a valuable commodity.
2. (noun) contribution - by way of acknowledgement on the part of people to whom a feast has been prepared.
Ka mahia ngā mahi a Ruhanui, koia ēnei: ko te tūperepere, ko te tōreherehe, ko te kai whakatāpaepae, ko te kokomo, ko te tūmahana, ko te kaihaukai, ko te haka, ko te poi, ko te whakahoro taratahi, ko te tā pōtaka... (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / The activities of Ruhanui were carried out, which were these: the ceremony and feast to celebrate the storing of the kūmara crop, the exchanging of gifts of food between hosts and visitors, feasting, performing haka and poi, flying kites, whipping spinning tops...
