2. (noun) amusing impromptu dance performed by women in which the belly is thrust forward.
Nō te pō ko ngā haka, ko ngā poi, ko ngā kopikopi, kātahi ka tino mate rawa te tangata whenua (TTT 1/9/1917:655). / At night there were haka, poi and kopikopi performances and then the local people were really defeated.
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