2. (verb) to crouch, sit huddled up.
Ka kōpipiri ngā tāhae i roto i te ururua kei kitea e ngā pirihimana. / The thieves crouched in the undergrowth lest they be found by the police.
3. (modifier) crowded close together, confined, cramped, crowded.
E rua, e toru tau pea i muri mai ka whakarērea e ia te kura, i te mea he wāhi kōpipiri rawa ki a ia (TTR 1994:10). / About two or three years later he left school because it was a place that was too confined for him.
4. (modifier) timid, faint-hearted, diffident.
He tamaiti kōpipiri ia, he mataku nōna kei rīria e ngā kaiako. / He was a timid child, because he was afraid of being reprimanded by the teachers.
5. (noun) cramped conditions.
Kīhai ā rāua tamariki i rata kia noho ki waenganui i a rāua, nā tā rātou kōpipiri, pōuri (Te Ara 2016). / Their children did not like living between them because of their cramped, dark conditions.
