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kapa

1. (loan) (noun) penny, copper - a former bronze coin equal to one-two-hundred-and fortieth of a pound. Still a British coin now equal to one-hundredth of a pound.

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See also pene

Synonyms: pene


2. (loan) (noun) copper, copper ore.

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kapa

1. (noun) team, group, company of people.

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2. (noun) rank, row, line.

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Synonyms: tūnga, tūtira, nui, kōhangohango, papanga, raina, rārangi, tararau, tatauranga, whakanehenehe, io, hoe, tawhā, aho, ripa

kāpā

1. (interjection) it's not as if, on the other hand - sometimes written as two words, i.e. kā pā.

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Synonyms: engaringari, koa, otiia, manohi, engari, erangi, ia, tēnā, tēnā ko tēnei

kapa manawa

1. (noun) heartbeat.

kapa hōia

1. (loan) (noun) company - a subdivision of an infantry battalion.

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kapa haka

1. (noun) concert party, haka group, Māori cultural group, Māori performing group.

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See also haka

kapa waiata

1. (noun) choir.

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tū kapa

1. (noun) upright stance in haka with feet side by side, slightly apart.

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kapa-whārangi

1. (noun) (bicycle) penny-farthing.

aroaro-ā-kapa

1. (noun) front rank of the kapa haka, front row.

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whaiwhai-ā-kapa

1. (noun) team pursuit.

toru-kapa

1. (loan) (noun) threepence (coin), threepenny bit.

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Kapa Pango Tāroaroa

1. (noun) Tall Blacks.

tū ā-kapa

1. (noun) kapa haka formation.

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tauwhainga ā-kapa

1. (noun) team event.

tauwhaiwhai ā-kapa

1. (noun) individual team.

whiringa aro-ā-kapa

1. (noun) (sport) heat.

[kua] taka te kapa

1. (loan) the penny has dropped, I should have realised, I get it now, I get the picture - an idiom adopted from English to indicate that someone has just realised something that should have been obvious from earlier signs.

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He hono tangata e kore e motu, kāpā he taura waka e motu.

1. Blood is thicker than water.

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taihuringa

1. (noun) turning point.

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2. (noun) revolving movement in kapa haka.

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