2. (verb) to turn sideways on (of a paddle, etc.).
Kei kōripi mai te hoe (W 1971:142). / Don't let the paddle turn sideways on.
3. (verb) to look sideways.
Synonyms: titiro korotaha, titiro pī, titiro whakapī, matakarapa, whakarewharewha, tiro pī, tiro korotaha, whakarewha
4. (verb) to rise out of water (of celestial bodies).
5. (noun) slice, sliver, rasher.
Synonyms: hōripi
6. (noun) knife (of obsidian or shark's teeth).
Ka hoake te kōripi, ka haea te puku o Tupeketi, ka taka iho ki roto ki te kōrohe (Tr 1874:41). / She struck him with her knife, ripping open Tupeketi's belly, and he fell into the bag net.
7. (noun) dysentery, diarrhoea, flux.
Nā i te takoto te pāpā o Pupiriu, e mate ana i te kirikā, i te kōripi (PT Ngā Mahi a Ngā Āpotoro 28:8). / And the father of Publius lay sick with a fever and dysentery.
8. (noun) vagabond, vagrant.
He pōrangi te tangata rā, ka tahi; he kōripi, ka rua; he kūrapa, ka toru (W 1971:142). / Firstly, that man is mad; secondly, he's a vagrant; and thirdly, he's a good-for-nothing.