1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to grasp, seize, hold firmly, surround.
Ka rarawhi ngā kawekawe o Wheke ki te ihu o te waka o Kupe, o 'Uruao', ko te ingoa tērā o te waka (JPS 1927:274). / The tentacles of Wheke clasped the bow of Kupe's canoe, 'Uruao', for that was the name of the vessel.
Synonyms: hopu, rawhirawhi, rawhi, romi, kōhaki, herepū, hopuhopu, kōwhakiwhaki, rarahu, aurara
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