paruparu
1. (verb) (-a) to crush, mash.
I whakangotengotea te tamaiti i te tuatahi, i muri ka whāngaia ki te pūnu, i muri mai ka paruparua he kai, i muri mai ka tīmata te whāwhā i tētahi kai māna (TTT 1/6/1926:426). / At first a child was suckled, and later it was fed with a spoon, and after that its food was mashed up, and later still it began to feed itself.
Synonyms: kōharihari, kōparu, mōhungahunga, kotē, kōhari, kōparuparu, penupenu, pehu, whakapē
