1. (loan) (noun) baby.
Ki te kai te wahine hapū i te hikareti, ka kai tahi te pēpē e noho ake rā i roto i a ia (TP 1/1908:4). / If a pregnant woman smokes cigarettes, the baby that is inside her partakes too.
Synonyms: kōngahungahu, nohinohi, pēpi
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