pekepeke
1. (verb) (-a) to jump up and down, jump about, hop (like a sparrow).
Kua kitea anō te kaha o te Māori ki te omaoma, ki te pekepeke, ki te whutupōro, ki te tēnehi, ki te korowha (TP 1/4/1901:9). / It has been seen how good Māori are at running, jumping, at rugby, tennis and golf.
Synonyms: tūpekepeke, tarapekepeke, hūpeke, hūpekepeke
3. (noun) mountain daisy, Celmisia alpina - tufted endemic herb arising from a usually, much divided and closely branched woody stock up to 60 mm long, pseudo-stems up to 20 mm long, close-set. Leaves very narrow. Found in South and Stewart Islands where it is widespread in mires and bogs and other similar poorly draining surfaces in herbfield, fell-field and subalpine shrubland.
