peruperu

1. (verb) to hop about, perform a war dance.

Ka ara hoki ia matua ia matua ki te peruperu (TP 4/1910:8). / And each division rose up to perform a war dance.

2. (noun) war dance - leaping haka performed with long weapons to intimidate the enemy. The men leap off the ground left to right in unison.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 65-67;)

Ina rūpeke mai ngā waka waihoe ka tū te peruperu a te waka tuatahi ki te tauranga (JPS 1928:177). / When the competing vessels had assembled, the crew of the first canoe to reach the anchorage performed a war dance.

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3. (noun) potato, Solanum tuberosum - a general term sometimes used in the northern North Island, but also used for a particular cultivar.

Synonyms: kāpana, rīwai, pārete

4. (noun) white throat feathers (of the tūī).

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