pēpē
1. (verb) to be crushed, mashed, softened.
I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.
Synonyms: penupenu, kōparu, ngatu, kōrengarenga, ngehingehi, pē
2. (noun) mashed food, pulped food.
Ka titiro a Waikari ki te kore kai mā Tūmata-ngaua, ka tae ko tētehi o ana pēpē aruhe ka hoatu (NIT 1995:199). / When Waikari saw that Tūmata-ngaua had no food, he took one of his bundles of mashed fern root and gave it to him.
