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pehipehi

1. (verb) (-a) to waylay, ambush, lie in wait.

Na, ka tuaina anō e Rātā, ka hinga anō ki raro, kātahi ka pehipehia mai e Rātā i tahaki (NM 1928:47). / So, Rātā cut it down again and when it was felled he then went to one side to lay in wait.

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Synonyms: tauwhanga, taupua, tāpae, tauhanga, tāwhanga, whakamoho

2. (noun) ambush, ambuscade, attack, trap.

Kātahi ka mea ngā hōia me whakatakoto he pehipehi kia mau ai aua korokē (TWM 20/2/1864:2). / Then the soldiers decided to lay an ambush to catch those fellows.

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