peropero
1. (noun) dog, cur, mongrel - often follows kurī. Also used as a term of contempt.
Kua nui ngā hipi i mate, koia a Hēnare Kata i mea ai, me mutu te haere pokanoa o te tangata me te kurī peropero ki reira (TW 9/6/1877:232). / Many sheep have died and that's why Henry Kata said that people and dogs must stop going there without authority.
