reporepo
1. (modifier) be swampy, marshy.
E hia tau kē nei rātou e kaha ana te pukumahi ki te keri wāra hei whakamaroke i ngā whenua reporepo, ururua hoki, me te whakakīkī haere anō i ngā whāruarua i mahue mai (TTR 1996:46). / They worked energetically for many years draining the swampy and scrub-covered land and filling the hollows.
Synonyms: pōwharuwharu, oru, ngaeki, kōreporepo
2. (noun) swamp, marsh.
Kāore nei he maunga, he pari, he awaawa, he reporepo, he aha noa atu, heoi anō he raorao anake (TWMNT 25/3/1873:33). / There are no mountains, cliffs, valleys, swamps or anything, but just lowlands.
