kaiapo
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to covet, monopolise.
Kotahi anō te kamupene e kaiapo ana ki te hoko i tērā momo mīhini (Ng 1991:285). / One company monopolises the sale of that kind of machinery.
Synonyms: makitaunu
2. (modifier) covetous, selfish, avaricious, grasping, greedy.
Nā te kakama o Te Kooti, ka whakahekea iho tāna utu i tā ngā Pākehā kaiapo (TTR 1990:217). / Because Te Kooti was astute, he undercut the prices of those of the greedy Pākehā.
