kōpē, v.i. Lazy, idle, slack, lackadaisical, dilatory.

‘E tangata kōpē koe i te vāere i tō‘ou kāinga.
You are slack about weeding your garden;

Nō te kōpē iāia, kua ‘aere atu au kua tauturu iāia.
He was so lackadaisical that I went and helped him;

Te kōpē iā koe, e Tikitiki!
You lazybones, Tikitiki!