2. (noun) small canoe - a dugout canoe without attached sides, surfboard.
I te mutunga o te kura i te tahi o ngā hāora, o te awatea, ā, ka uta ki runga ki tētehi kōpapa iti nei, ka whakawhiti ki tētehi taha o Waipā, tokorima ki runga ki taua kōpapa nei (TH 1/8/1859:4). / When school finished at 1 p.m. they climbed onto a small dugout canoe and crossed to the other side of the Waipā. There were five people on that dugout.
3. (noun) storehouse, depot.
Nō Oketopa, i whakatūria a ia hei kāpara iti mō te rōpū kōpapa tohu hiato (TTR 2000:160). / In October he was made a lance corporal for the Composite Signal Depot.
