kōpā
1. (verb) to be cramped, restricted in size, crowded, overcrowded, packed.
Ka noho kōpā tonu ngā whare, ahakoa te whakatūtū haeretanga o ngā whare (Te Ara 2016). / The houses continued to be overcrowded, despite the continuing erection of more houses.
Synonyms: mātoru, whāiti, hīnohinohi
2. (verb) to be numbed, stiff, congealed, set, fraught.
Taotū ana te pakihiwi o Eruera, ā, kōpā ana (TTR 2000:103). / Eruera was wounded in the shoulder and it became numb.
Synonyms: uhu, totoka, rehurehu, tetepe, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, pō, ahuahu, whakamohiki, whakarākei
3. (verb) to be estranged, alienated.
Ka tipu te raruraru nā te mea hoki kāore i whai wāhi atu te iwi; peia ana a Whina ki te tapa o ngā whakahaere o Whakarapa, ka kōpā kē atu hoki tā rātou noho ko ana tēina, tuākana (TTR 2000:38). / Trouble developed because the community had not been involved, so Whina was pushed to the margin of Whakarapa affairs, and she became more estranged from her siblings.
