moepuku
1. (verb) to have an illicit relationship, have an affair, fornicate.
Kaua e moepuku, me mārena mārire koutou, ngā rangatira, kia mārama ai tā koutou tiaki i a mātou, i ngā tūtūā (TWMNT 25/5/1875:108). / Do not have illicit relationships, but you, the leaders, should have legitimate marriages so that you may be fit to look after us, the common people.
2. (modifier) promiscuous, loose, immoral, philandering, licentious.
E kore ahau e whiu i ā koutou tamāhine ina moepuku, i ā koutou wāhine ina pūremu; ko ngā tāne nei hoki he mea wehe atu ki ngā wāhine moepuku, ko rātou tahi ko ngā wāhine kairau kei te mea patunga tapu (PT Hohea 4:14). / I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots.
Synonyms: tīweka, tangatanga, tatere, tāreparepa, mātangatanga, korokoro, tāngengangenga, tāwēwē, ngoru, hāngengangenga, hūngorungoru, tāngāngā, tangara, tangoro, tītengi, kaewa
3. (noun) illicit relationship, affair, concubinage, whoredom.
He tino taru kino tēnei mea te moepuku mā tātou me ō tātou rangatira (TWMNT 25/5/1875:108). / This practice of illicit relationships is a very bad thing for both ourselves and our chiefs.
