koropeke
1. (verb) to curl up the limbs, double up.
Ka tū mai tētahi o aua wāhine rā, ko te patu parāoa i te ringa, ka hāpainga mai tana patu ki a Puhihuia, ā nō ka tata, ka whiua te patu rā ki te upoko o te kōtiro nei. Karohia ake, tērā te haere rā, tahi anō te whiunga o te arero o te taiaha rā ki te poho o tērā, koropeke ana, noho ana tērā ki raro (TAH 46:20). / One of those women stood up with a whalebone patu in her hand and raised her patu against Puhihuia and when she was close she aimed a blow with it at Puhihuia's head; but Puhihuia parried it and with one thrust of the point of her taiaha to the chest of that one, she doubled up and sat down.
2. (modifier) curled up, doubled up (of the limbs).
Ko ngā tamariki pakupaku kua hinga nei ngā mātua i taua mate. Ka takoto koropeke noa iho, kāore he kai, kāore he aha (TW 14/6/1875:96). / The small children, whose parents lay victims of that illness, lie curled up without food and sustenance.
