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whakahekeheke

1. (verb) to practise surf riding, surf.

E haere ana ki te whakahekeheke i runga i te tai, arā ki te pūpū ngaru (W 1971:45). / He was going to surf, that is to ride the waves.

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2. (stative) be striped white.

Nā ka wehea e ia i taua rangi ngā koati toa, ngā mea whakahekeheke, me ngā mea purepure, me ngā koati uha e whai tongitongi ana, me ngā mea purepure, ngā mea he mā tētahi wāhi, me ngā mea pākākā o ngā hipi (PT Kenehi 30:35). / And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep.

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3. (noun) surfing.

Kīhai i roa kua eke a Tama-taku-tai ki runga i te waka, e hoe ana i te whakahekeheke i runga i te tai, arā, ki te whakapūpū ngaru (JPS 1905:65). / It was not long before Tama-taku-tai climbed into a canoe and paddled out to surf, that is to ride on the waves.

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