kōpure
1. (verb) to appear here and there, be in detached groups, appearing in patches.
Ki te pā mai taua mate ki te taewa pēnei tōna āhua i te toru kapa nei e kōpure haere ana i runga i ngā rau (TP 3/1905:5). / If this disease affects the potato its appearance is like a threepence appearing in blotches on the leaves.
2. (verb) to appear through breaks in the clouds.
He whetū e kōpure ana mai (W 1971:139). / Stars appearing through breaks in the clouds.
3. (modifier) spotted, blotchy, mottled, dappled, patchwork.
He kararehe kiri kōpure te rēpata (Ng 1993:446). / The leopard has a spotted skin (Ng 1993:446).
Synonyms: tawatawa, kōrangorango, tāingoingo, tarare, kōhangohango
4. (noun) patch, plot.
Synonyms: pūrei, tiwha, pūreireitanga, āpure, pāpaki, korotiwha, tapi, tapitapi, kaikaiwaiū, whakangārahu, kakai, kara
