pēpē

See also: pepe, Pepe, pépé, and pẹpẹ

Hawaiian

Etymology

Borrowed from English baby.

Noun

pēpē

1. baby (very young child)

Maori

Etymology

Reduplication of pē; related to pēhi.

Verb

pēpē

1. to mash

   Synonym: penupenu

Adjective

pēpē

1. mashed, pulped

   He kai pēpē ngahau a ngā tāngata Arapi ko 'hūmuhu'; ka hangaia mā te penupenu o ngā kano tiki, ka ratoa me ngā pāraoa.

   The Arabs have a unique mashed food called ‘ḥummuṣ’, it is made by mashing chickpeas and served with bread.

Related terms

• pēhanga
• whakapē

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “pēpē”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 318
• “pēpē” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tongan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peː.peː/

Noun

pēpē

1. baby