whakapepeha
1. (noun) saying, motto, proverbial saying, tribal saying - a saying about someone or a group that is remembered from generation to generation.
He rangatira taua tangata nō Ngāti Haumia, hapū o Taranaki, he uri nō Tūwhakairikawa, te tangata nōna te whakapepeha e mau nei i ōna whakatupuranga katoa, arā, 'Nāna i karihi te niho o Taranaki.' (TWMNT 5/1/1872:32). / That man was a chief from Ngāti Haumia, a subtribe of Taranaki, and a descendant of Tūwhakairikawa, the man who was spoken about in a saying which is still applied to all his generation, that is, 'It was he who inflicted defeat for Taranaki.'
Synonyms: pepeha, kupu, kīnga, tūātau, kīanga, kī, rerenga kōrero
