rorehape
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to intercept.
Kua tukuna atu ngā torotoro ki te rorehape i ngā hoa i wehe atu i te ata nei, ka whakamōhio atu kua waipukehia te awa o Waitao (PK 2008:788). / Messengers have been sent to intercept the friends who left this morning to inform them that the Waitao river is in flood.
2. (noun) short club of wood or whalebone with a carved figure on one side of the blade.
See also wahaika
