tāpokopoko
1. (verb) to sink (into mud, etc.), get bogged down.
Te taenga atu ki te wāhi repo, tapoko tonu iho, he roa hoki nō te ua i tāpokopoko ai (TH 1/2/1860:3). / When they reached the swampy area, they sank down and became bogged because it had been raining for so long.
Synonyms: tapoko
2. (modifier) soft, boggy.
He huarahi tāpokopoko te huarahi o te aroha pono (TTT 1/10/1924:117). / The course of true love is a boggy road.
3. (noun) bogginess, bog.
Ko te kino o tā rātou haere ko te nui o te hau, o te rere hoki o te huka, me te tāpokopoko hoki (TP 4/1909:9). / Their travel was terrible because of the amount of wind and snow and the bogginess.
