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pape

1. (verb) to make a mistake (in repeating a song, karakia, etc.), slip up.

Mō taku take tuatahi, i pape taku reo. Nō te taenga mai nei o te pepa ka kite iho ahau i te hē (TTT 1/10/1929:1086). / Concerning my first issue, my statement was incorrect. When the newspaper arrived I discovered the mistake.

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2. (verb) to be wrong, incorrect.

Ko ētahi i tika, ko ētahi i pape (W 1971:261). / Some were correct, some were incorrect.

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3. (noun) falsehood, error.

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