moumou

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to waste, wasteful.

Ki a rātau anō nei, hai aha noa iho i ako ai. Moumou tāima noa iho (HP 1991:32). / They also think there is no point in learning it. It's just a waste of time.

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2. (noun) waste.

Ko ngā Pākehā i amuamu nei mō te māngere o te Māori, mō te moumou o te whenua mō te Maori, nohopuku (TKO 31/3/1921:5). / The Pākehā who complained that Māori are lazy and that the land is a waste for Māori, be silent.

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moumou te pango

1. you're a copout - an idiom to suggest that a person's Māori identity is only skin deep.

Ngere: E toru ngā wāhanga o taku tuhinga. Ko te manaakitanga, ko te whanaungatanga me te Kīngitanga. Heoi anō, me haere au ki te whare pukapuka ki te rapu i te mātauranga! E noho rā. Kiri: (e pōuri ana) Moumou te pango! (HKKT 2011:23). / Ngere: There are three parts of my essay, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and the Kīngitanga. And so I must go to the library to seek the knowledge! Bye. Kiri: (despondently) You're a copout!

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moumou (noa iho) te aro atu

1. don't pay any attention, don’t waste your time or energy, waste of time.

Moumou noa iho te aro atu ki te hunga e whakatakē ana i te reo Māori. / Don’t pay any attention to those who disparage the Māori language.

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