Te Reo Matatini

tapepe

falter, stumble (of language)

tūingoa, tūmahi poro, tūāhua

WHAKAMĀRAMA

Kāore e āhei ki te whakapuaki mārama i tāna e kōrero ana.*

*Nō He Pātaka Kupu, nā Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori, nā Raupō i whakaputa (wh.856).

A person’s inability to clearly enunciate what they are saying.

Tauira KŌrero

Ka tapepe tana kōrero nā tana kore i āta mārama ki te kaupapa.

Kei te tapepe tonu te reo o Tama, e ono marama noa iho e ako ana.

He uaua rawa pea tēnei pukapuka mā Hine, inā te tapepe tonu o tana pānui.

Tauira KŌrero

Ka tapepe tana kōrero nā tana kore i āta mārama ki te kaupapa.

Kei te tapepe tonu te reo o Tama, e ono marama noa iho e ako ana.

He uaua rawa pea tēnei pukapuka mā Hine, inā te tapepe tonu o tana pānui.