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kopekope

1. (verb) to wrap up.

E toru ngā rā i muri mai ka kitea. Kitea rawatia ake kua kino kē noa atu; hei aha, rere tonu atu ki te kopekope i tana whāereere (M 2007:180). / Three days later she was found. When she was finally found her body was already decomposing; but nevertheless he rushed in to wrap up the mother of his children.

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2. (verb) to shake or flap in the wind, shake out.

Ka pūhia te haki e te hau, ka kopekope. / When the wind blew on the flag, it flapped.

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