2. (verb) to flash repeatedly.
3. (noun) the projecting carved ends of the maihi of a meeting house.
4. (noun) sole (of the foot).
Ko ngā raparapa o Hotunui he nunui hoki (NM 1928:114). / The soles of the feet of Hotunui are large.
5. (noun) stock (of a gun).
E kīia ana ka mutu te wero ki te pēneti, ka hurihia ko ngā raparapa o ngā pū hei patu haere i te hoariri (TKO 8/1915:4). / It is said that when the attack with the bayonets ended the stocks of the guns were used to kill the enemy.
6. (noun) eels split open for drying.
Ko te mea tēnā e whakataukītia ana mō te whata o te tuna raparapa, ka iri i runga i te whata, 'Me te whata raparapa tuna e iri mai ana te tutu.' (W 1971:325). / That is something that is spoken of in a proverb concerning the hanging up of split eels when they are hung on an elevated platform, 'Tutu berries hanging like the split eels.'
