kapiti
1. (verb) to be joined, confined.
Kua tata kapiti hono, tātai hono te koiora hau o Ngata ki te ao wairua, engari, nō te tinana kē te tārututanga, ehara i te hinengaro (TTR 1996:111). / Ngata's illustrious life was now drawing to a close, although his frailty was of the body and not the mind (DNZB 1996:363).
2. (verb) to be brought together, clenched, closed.
Ka kapiti ngā niho o te tangata rā (W 1971:96). / That man's teeth are clenched.
3. (noun) cleft, crevice, gorge, narrow pass.
E pā ana tētahi o ngā tino kōrero mō te kaha rawa o te tinana o Pahikore i tana whakawhititanga atu i te Hermitage ki te pito tonga o Poutini mā te kapiti o Copland (TTR 1996:217). / One of the best stories concerning Pahikore's outstanding physical stamina was his crossing from the Hermitage to south Westland via the Copland Pass.
4. (noun) slot.
Ā, ko te kāri kirihou ināianei. Me kuhu atu ki te kapiti nei, ka āta tō haere ai, mai i tētahi pito ki tētahi (HJ 2012:255). / And now it's the plastic card. It must be inserted in the slot and slowly dragged along from one end to the other.
5. (noun) radius, fibula, calf bone.
Ko te kapiti te kōiwi roa, tupuhi hoki o te tāhau. / The fibula is the long narrow bone of the lower leg.
2. (noun) (computer) port.
2. (personal noun) a tribal group of the Horowhenua and northern Kapiti coast.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)
Ko Ngāi Tara te ingoa tūturu o Muaūpoko (Te Ara 2011). / The people of Muaūpoko were originally called Ngāi Tara.
koihi
1. (noun) telescope fish, Mendosoma lineatum have jaws that extend outwards. They use these to prey on plankton and small fish. Telescope fish grow to around 40 centimetres and are found mainly in southern waters from Kapiti Island to the subantarctic Auckland Islands.
Ko te tāmure me te hake ki te raki, ko te tāngahangaha, te koihi, te puaihakarua ki te tonga (Te Ara 2013). / Snapper and kingfish are to the north, while banded wrasse, telescope fish and sea perch are to the south.
Pēhi Kupe, Te
1. (personal name) (?-1828) Ngāti Toa; chief and warrior who fought with Te Rauparaha in the conquest of new territories in central Aotearoa/New Zealand, establishing their headquarters on Kapiti Island. Visited England in 1824 where he met King George IV, returning with guns for the invasion of the South Island, but he was killed at Kaiapoi pā after insulting a Ngāi Tahu chief.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 142-160;)
Ko Te Pēhi Kupe te mātāmua o ngā tama a Toitoi, ā, i heke mai a ia i ngā tātai matua o Toa Rangatira, te tino tipuna o Ngāti Toa (TTR 1990:245). / Te Pehi Kupe was the firstborn of Toitoi's sons and was descended in the senior line from Toa Rangatira, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Toa.
Rauparaha, Te
1. (personal name) (?-1849) Ngāti Toa; leader who took his tribe from defeat at Kāwhia to the conquest of new territories in central Aotearoa/New Zealand, establishing his headquarters on Kapiti Island. In this illustration, Te Rauparaha is seated.
(Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 72-74; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 148-167;)
