kōpua1
1.
-nga -tanga
[Tangaroa] āhua, ing, mahp .
E hōhonu ana (o te awa, o te moana, o tētahi atu takotoranga wai rānei).
Ka tirikohu atu ia ki te wai kōpua.
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kōroto , paru 3 , wheuri }
2.
[Tangaroa] ing .
He rua hōhonu i tētahi awa, i te takutai moana rānei, he rua wai hōhonu i te whenua rānei pērā i te puna.
Ka tata atu ki te taha o te puna i noho ai; ko te ingoa o taua kōpua ko te Wairouri. (N 130)
kōpua kānaenae
[Tangaroa] ing .
He kōpua i tētahi awa, he hōhonu, he kāniwhaniwha.
E ai ki te kōrero he kōpua kānaenae te kāinga o taua taniwha, he tuna tōna rite. (Te Haumihiata)
3.
[Tāne] ing .
He kete, he putunga karihi mō te kupenga.
Whakakīa te kōpua ki te kōhatu hei kume i te kupenga ki raro.
