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whakakopa

1. (verb) (-hia,-ina) to clasp, clutch.

Ā e rua ia rā aku ringaringa ki te whakakopa mai i taku manawa (M 2004:46). / But my two hands are needed to clutch my heart.

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2. (verb) (-hia,-ina) to wrap, fold up, enfold.

Me te tauera i takaia ai tōna mātenga, kīhai i takoto tahi me ngā takai rīnena, he mea whakakopa ia ki tētahi wāhi i tahaki (PT Hoani 20:7). / And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.

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3. (noun) clamp.


4. (noun) capo - a device fitted across all the strings of a guitar, banjo, etc. to raise the pitch of each string simultaneously.

Kua whakamaua he whakakopa ki te kitā, koia hei whakahī i te tangi o ia aho (RTP 2015:62). / A capo is attached to the guitar, and that's what raises the pitch of each string.

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