rapu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia) to seek, look for, hunt, search for, inquire, investigate.
Ka haha te tangata rā i ngā pareparenga o te waiariki rā, rapu rawa atu, e takoto whakamaoko ana i raro i ngā tauwharenga kōwhatu (Biggs 1997:119). / That man searched along the sides of the hot pool where she was lying crouched under the overhanging ledges.
Synonyms: pōrangi, kimikimi, hāhau, takitaki, kimi, whai, puretumu, rangahau, hīnana, ārohi, whakarapu, rapa, rapurapu, raparapa, haha
2. (modifier) seeking, searching.
Ahakoa ngā ture hanga tiaki i te whenua o te tau 1896, i āhei tonu te mahi rapu ōpapa i aua whenua, ahakoa te kore e whakaae a Tūhoe (TTR 1996:176). / Despite the law of 1896 protecting land, prospecting for minerals was still occurring on those lands even without the consent of Tūhoe.
