3. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.
Kei te maumahara tonu i ahau, aku hoa takatāpui, i te wā e tamariki ana, he waewae hape tētahi, he tuarā hake tētahi (TTT 1/1/1925:171). / I still remember my close friends at the time I was young, one had deformed legs, another was a hunchback.
Synonyms: hapehape
4. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lame person - person with a leg or foot deformity.
I mōhiotia ki te hape o te waewae (NM 1928:95). / The deformity of his foot was known.
