wepu
1. (loan) (verb) (-a) to whip, flog.
Nā, i a ia ka puta atu ki waho o te whare ki te tiki i te wepu o te paki nā reira tō māua mahara ko te wepua māua, nā reira ka pūhia e māua (TJ 24/8/1899:4). / Then he went out of the house to fetch the whip from the buggy so we thought that we were to be whipped, so we shot him.
2. (loan) (noun) whip, whipping.
Ko ō rātou hāte he whero, he wepu ki te ringa (TP 1901 40:12). / Their shirts were red and they had whips in their hands
3. (loan) (noun) parliamentary whip.
Ko tā ngā wepu: he whakarārangi i ngā mema o tō rātou rōpū hei kaikōrero i roto i ngā tautohetohe (RT 2013:102). / The task of the parliamentary whips is to line up the members of their party to speak in the debates.
