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hopi

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to soap, lather with soap.

Me tino whakamākū ngā makawe ki te wai, ā ka hopi: horoia kia kore he hopi i roto i ngā makawe (TTT 1/4/1923:2). / Thoroughly wet the hair with water and then lather it up with soap: rinse it so that there's no soap left in the hair.

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2. (loan) (noun) soap.

Me tino whakamākū ngā makawe ki te wai, ā ka hopi: horoia kia kore he hopi i roto i ngā makawe (TTT 1/4/1923:2). / Thoroughly wet the hair with water and then lather it up with soap: rinse it so that there's no soap left in the hair.

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hopī

1. (verb) to be terrified, alarmed, frightened, intimidated, panic-stricken, scared, dismayed.

E kī ana a Rōre Erueti ko te 'hopī ki te wai', he tikanga nā ngā tohunga hei wehe i te ngākau pāwera, wehi rānei i roto i te tangata, kua hauhauaitu. Ka karakiatia e te tohunga ka mutu ka tāuhi ki te wai o te rau rākau te tūroro (M 2004:354). / Rōre Erueti states that 'hopī ki te wai' (craven fear is cleansed in water) was a practice by tohunga to remove apprehension or fear from a person who was afflicted. The tohunga would recite ritual chants and conclude by sprinkling water from a leafy twig over the patient.

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Synonyms: maurirere, mauri rere, tūmekemeke

hopī

1. (noun) earth oven.

E kongange ana te hopī (W 1971:59). / The earth oven is ablaze.

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See also hāngī

hopi makawe

1. (loan) (noun) shampoo.

Kei wareware i a koe te hari i te hopi makawe. / Don't you forget to take the shampoo.

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