Epa (i). 1. v.t. Pelt. Katahi tona papa ka whakatau epa ake (T. 16).
2. Throw, cast. Epaina atu ana e Hine te kohatu ki te wahine i mua (W. ii, 122).
3. n. Thunderbolt. Ko nga hapu e tangi nei i te rangi, nga ingoa o ena tangata, ko Whaitiri-pakapaka, ko te Epa … he hapu atua enei no te iwi Maori.
4. Something connected with sacred rites. ? Offering. Ka hikihiki te epa, ka rangahau te epa, ko te epa o Tutawake (S.). Whakatu te epa o te ariki, hiki ake oriaria (M. 414).
5. Objection, hindrance. Kahore he epa mo tena.
whakaepa. 1. v.t. Cast, throw. E kore e whakaepaia ki runga ki te waka tona tinana.
2. Conciliate, propitiate, make much of. Ka tata mai te aroha ki te tau ra, e, i whakaepa i taku ohinga (S. ii, 38).
3. Land a shark in the canoe (Tr. xliii, 601).
4. n. Propitiatory offering.
5. Horizontal parts of the tiwhana design in tattooing.
epaepa, v.t. Pelt continuously. Roa noa atu ratou e epaepa ana i a ia (T. 16).
whakaepaepa, v.t. 1. Object to, hinder Kahore tatou i te tika e ahei ai i a tatou te whakaepaepa.
2. Conciliate. Riro ana taku poaka hei whakaepaepa mo te tohunga.—Ka meatia te aute hai whakaepaepa atua.
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