parau
1. (verb) to be false.
Te take i whakataki ake ai au i tēnei wāhi o te kōrero nei, koi parau te tangata ki te kī, he pounamu anō tō ōna motu ake; kāore! (JPS 1913:113). / The reason I introduced this section of this account is in case any one should falsely say that his own island possesses pounamu. It does not!
See also kōrero parau
2. (verb) to be in vain, vainly, fruitless.
Ka kī ia te puku, ka parau noa ki te whakaruaki. Nōhea e taea (TWMNT 17/7/1877:171). / But his belly is full, and he vainly tries to vomit, but cannot.
3. (noun) deceit, lies, falsehood.
Ka mea atu te mea rahi o ngā tamariki nei, “He parau oti, e Pa! Ko te hinu i panipania nei ki ō māua ngutu." (JPS 1906:131). / The largest of the children said, “It is a lie, Father! Nothing but fat was smeared on our lips."
2. (loan) (noun) plough.
E oti ana i a ia te hanga ngā parau pakaru, me ngā mīhini pakaru (TW 3/6/1876:223). / He is completing the repair of broken ploughs and machines.
kōrero parau
1. (verb) to tell an untruth, lie, fib.
Kāore ia i rite ki te nuinga atu o ana hoa tōrangapū nā te mea kore rawa ia i akona ki te kōrero parau, ki te kōhetehete, papare kē rānei i te take (TTR 2000:47). / He was unlike many of his political colleagues, because he never learned to lie, to quibble, or to evade an issue.
2. (noun) lie, untruth, erroneous account, falsehood, fib, false evidence.
He take tēnei hei mahi māna, arā, ki te whakatikatika i ngā kōrero parau a te tangata (TTR 1996:187). / For him this was a duty, that is to correct people's erroneous accounts.
See also parau
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa
