2. Provoking, vexatious. Used as in the last case.
3. Foolish - often to begin a clause, as, Mokai whakaaro nana (It was foolish of him to think so).
4. Used simply as a term of opprobrium.
2. (modifier) enslaved.
Tērā pea ko te tau 1828 te tau i whakawhiti ai a Ngāti Toa me ōna hoa, ki Te Waipounamu, ki te ngaki i ngā whakamanioro a aua iwi, ki te raupatu whenua, ki te whakarau mōkai hoki (TTR 1990:247). / It was probably in 1828 that Ngāti Toa and their allies crossed to the South Island to avenge the insults of those tribes, to conquer new territories, and to take captives.
3. (noun) servant, captive, slave, pet.
