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whakapekapeka

1. (verb) (-ia,-tia) to refuse, decline, turn aside.

Tokorua ngā wāhine. Kotahi te wahine i noho, kotahi te wahine i whakapekapeka (Tr 1874:35). / There were two women. One woman stayed, one declined.

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Synonyms: kapurangi, kape, tohe, para, whakahoe, whakakāhore, whakapeka, whakanau, whakatoitoi, hawa, huru, ota, tohetohe

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