epaepa
1. (verb) (-ina,-ngia) to throw, pelt (continuously).
Nō muri ka rongo rātou ki ētahi tāngata he rāhui maki kūao nāna rātou i epaepa ki te kōwhatu i a rātou e hī ana (TWM 2/7/1868:4). / Later they heard from some people that it was a mob of young monkeys that pelted them with stones while they were fishing.
Synonyms: karaepaepa
2. (noun) throwing, tossing, casting, pelting (repeatedly).
Te Wīwī rāua ko Tiamana: E kī ana ngā nūpepa o te 20 o Noema, 1883, e pōngurunguru ana ēnei rangatiranga e rua ki a rāua; e whakatara ana tētahi ki tētahi, nui atu te wene, te whakanehenehe. Ko tēnei mahi ā rāua, he pakanga nūpepa, me te epaepa kōwhatu te hanga (KO 15/1/1884:4). / The French and Germans: The newspapers of 20 November are saying that these two nations are at loggerheads; each is challenging the other and there is much resentment and quarrelling. This activity of theirs is a newspaper battle, like throwing stones.
