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kapokapo

1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to clutch, open and close (the hand).

I kī te kaiako kia kaua noa mātau e kapokapo kōrero i te takiwā. / The teacher said that we shouldn't pluck stories out of the air.

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2. (verb) (-a,-hia) to twinkle.

Kapokapo kau ana te whetū, ū, i te rangi (M 2004:324). / The star in the heaven twinkles unheeded.

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3. (noun) clutch (with the hand), grasp, grab.

Ka hoatu e rātou he mea mā rātou katoa heoi kāore i mutu tō rātou hiahia. Ka tīmata tā rātou kapokapo i ā mātou mea (TP 10/1906:7). / Some gifts were given to them all but they weren't enough to satisfy them. They began grabbing our things.

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