2. (verb) (-tia) to conciliate, pacify, appease, placate.
Riro ana taku poaka hei whakaepaepa mō te tohunga (W 1971:28). / My pig was taken to appease the tohunga.
Synonyms: whakaratarata, whakamahuru, whakamārie, whakamāriri, whakamāhaki, whakamāria, whakamārire, whakangehe, whakarata, whakarangimārie
3. (modifier) be indulged, pampered, made much of.
Engari tērā anō ētahi pakeke mau mokopuna i ō rātou taha ki ngā marae, ā rātou mokopuna whakaepaepa (TTTT 2006:44). / But there were some mature people who took grandchildren, their indulged grandchildren, with them to the marae.
4. (noun) objection.
Synonyms: mautohe, whakatoitoi, kupu whakahē, tarawene, tohe, nawe
