parepare
1. (verb) (-a) to turn aside, ward off, divert, go to one side, avoid.
Na, ka pangā nei e tātou ngā paraire ki ngā māngai o ngā hōiho, kia rongo ai rātou ki a tātou; ā pareparea ana e tātou tō rātou tinana katoa (PT Hemi 3:3). / Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
2. (noun) enticing movement of a woman’s hips (in haka).
Ko tētahi wāhanga o tā te wahine whakatautau, ko te parepare i tōna hope hei whakapoapoa i te hunga mātakitaki (RMR 2017). / A part of a woman's movement in an enticing way is the movement of her hips to charm the audience.
3. (noun) fortification wall, breastwork, parapet - protective wall of earth.
E toru ngā parepare o taua pā, i roto tētahi, i waho mai e rua, puta noa ki tētahi taha ki tētahi taha e taiāwhio ana i te pā te teitei o ētahi o aua parepare tekau mā rua putu (TWM 11/2/1862:1). / There were three fortification walls of that pā, one inside and two outside, going right around the sides of the pā with the height of some of those fortification walls being twelve feet.
4. (noun) defender, protector.
I muri rawa mai, ka noho ko ia te parepare mō tōna whaene i tōna hokonga i a Kaitarakihi me tā rātou pāmu (TTR 2000:31). / Much later he was the defender for his mother and her wish to sell Kaitarakihi and their farm.
Synonyms: ruruhau, whakaruru, kaiwhakamarumaru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau
