kapakapa
1. (verb) to quiver, flutter, throb, pulsate, beat.
Kei te kapakapa ngā parirau o tā tātau manu (HKW 1/1/1901:9). / The wings of our bird are flapping.
Synonyms: panapana, wanawana, wiriwiri, whakakakapa, ore, kakapa, māueue, māwewe, kereū, tāwariwari, tīkorikori, aroarohaki, arowhaki, arohaki, oreore, ārohirohi, ngāoraora, ngaue, kūreperepe, oioi, rū, kārohirohi
2. (noun) migratory locust, Locusta migratoria - found in rough grassland and sand dunes.
Synonyms: pākaurere, rangataua, māwhitiwhiti, whitiwhiti
3. (noun) flapping, fluttering, beating.
Kua rongo rāua i te kapakapa o te harirau o te kūkū (NM 1928:123). / They heard the flapping of the New Zealand pigeon's wings.
