2. (modifier) trifling, trivial, having no object, pointless, unimportant, inconsequential.
Ka haere ngā tamariki me ngā mokopuna ki ngā hui, ki ngā haere kūrapa noa iho, ka waiho ngā kaumātua kia noho pani ana (TP 1/8/1899:6). / The children and grandchildren go off to gatherings or just trivial trips and leave the elders to remain alone.
Synonyms: huhuakore, papa kore, hakihakiā, kikokore, makihoi, huakore, koretake
3. (modifier) trespassing, vagrant, wandering, roving, roaming.
Kaihaumi: Mō te tangata kūrapa ki ngā whenua o rau o iwi, ka mahi i ngā kai o reira, manu aha (M 2004:106). / Trespasser: An expression applied to a person who trespasses over the lands of other people, where he takes birds, etc.
4. (noun) pointless nonsense.
Kua kīia ake e au he moemoeā nā Himiona Te Kani-ā-Takirau ana kōrero, mehemea ehara i te moemoeā he mea moenanu nāna inā te kūrapa noa iho (TP 8/1910:10). / I have said that Himiona Te Kani-ā-Takirau's account is a dream, if it's not a dream then he's talking in his sleep because it's just pointless nonsense.
5. (noun) good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, layabout, loser.
He pōrangi te tangata rā, ka tahi; he kōripi, ka rua; he kūrapa, ka toru (W 1971:142). / Firstly, that man is mad; secondly, he's a vagrant; and thirdly, he's a good-for-nothing.
