1. (verb) (-tia) to lacerate, cut, slash.
I ngā wā o mua, ka mate te tangata ka taptapahia te pouaru i ōna makawe, ka whakangaeke hoki i a ia tonu. / In former times when a man died his widow would cut off her hair and lacerate herself.
Synonyms: haehae, whakahaehae, hahae, hae, harakuku, hōripi, rarapi, hōripiripi
Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index by John C Moorfield comprises a selection of modern and everyday language that will be extremely useful for learners of the Māori language.
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He Pātaka Kupu is a monolingual Māori language dictionary, and was designed using its own culturally authentic terms.
