kaupāpari
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to spread about, scatter, disperse.
Ka kaupāpari te tīma ki te aukati i te kōkiri a te hoariri (PK 2008:238). / The team spread out to block the attack of the opposition.
Synonyms: maheu, korara, tohatoha, toha, kaihora, rū, rure, rauroha, whakaehu, whakakorakora, hora, paratī, rara, rui, heuheu, whakamarara, whakatakataka, whakapirara
2. (modifier) scattered, dispersed.
E noho kaupāpari ana aua tāngata kei waho noa atu i te pā (W 1971:107). / Those people are living dispersed some way away from the fort.
Synonyms: katea, tīrangorango, kūwawa, maheu, korara, mirara, pirara, mahora, marara, kaupararī, tīrara, tīrararara, papata, wawā, wāwā, whakawawā, makatea, mātiritiri, kātohatoha, pahara, paihore, whakapirara, pīwawa, tīrangaranga
