hanepī
1. (verb) to be confounded, dumbfounded, aborted, unsuccessful.
Nō te Oketopa ka ārahina e rātou ko Tāreha me ētahi atu o te kāwai rangatira te matua o Heretaunga ki te tuki i te pā o Puketapu. Engari i hanepī te kōkiri (TTR 1994:190). / In October he, Tāreha with some other chiefs led the Hastings contingent to attack Puketapu pā. But the attack was aborted.
2. (verb) to get stage fright.
E tama, kaua e āwangawanga, he mōhio pai koe ki ō kupu, kāore koe e hanepī (RMR 2017). / Son, don't be anxious because you really know your words and won't get stage fright.
