koropuku
1. (verb) to move stealthily .
Me koropuku atu ki te manu kia kore ai e kite i a tātou. / We should move stealthily towards the bird so that it doesn't see us.
Synonyms: whakahengi, whakakoko, whakatōkihi, whakaninihi, ninihi, whakamokamoka, whakamomoka
2. (adjective) be convex, rounded.
He koropuku te taha whakararo o te takere o te waka, he kōpapa a roto. / The bottom side of the hull of a canoe is convex, the inside is concave.
3. (modifier) concealed, hidden, unseen.
Nō tēnei whakatupuranga kua kūparu noa iho te mau kākahu, te kai i te kai, kua noho i roto i te pōuri, i te mamae koropuku; kua amuamu ka nui te kino o te Kāwanatanga o te iwi Pākehā, he tāhae, he tango whenua (TPH 9/6/1903:5). / In this generation the clothes they wear are dirty, as is the way they eat their food. They are depressed and are in suppressed pain, and complain about how terrible the Government of the Pākehā people is, stealing and confiscating land.
4. (noun) swelling, lump, tumour.
Nā Rātana a Mihi i whakatapu, ā, atu i taua rā i hua ai te whakapono o Mihi kua ora tana mate; ngaro tonu atu te koropuku rā (TTR 1996:185). / Rātana blessed Mihi and from that day she believed her cancer was cured, and the lump disappeared.
Synonyms: pukupuku, huahua, punga, pungapunga, repe, tipu, pōkurukuru, poikurukuru, puku
