2. (verb) (-a) to conceal, hide, secrete.
Ka tango mai i tō paraire me tō tera, ka whakapeke. Te kore, hoki rawa mai koe, kua riro tō paraire me tō tera (TWK 50:3). / You took your bridle and saddle and hid them. If you didn't, when you returned your bridle and saddle would have been taken.
Synonyms: whakangaro
3. (verb) to crouch, hide oneself.
Ka whakapeke atu ia i muri i ngā pohutukawa (TWK 10:8). / He hid behind the pōhutukawa trees.
4. (modifier) hidden, concealed, unseen, secret.
Kāhore ētahi atu i mōhio ki tēnei wāhi, he wāhi whakapeke (TWK 24:32). / Nobody else knew about this place, it was a secrete place.
