2. (modifier) false, untrue, fake, insincere.
Heoi i waenganui i ngā tau 1840 ki 1900 ka riro te rahi o ngā whenua o te Māori – nā ngā hoko rūkahu a te kāwanatanga, ngā pakanga mō te whenua, te raupatu whenua, me ngā mahi a te Kōti Whenua Māori (Te Ara 2013). / But between 1840 and 1900 much of the Māori land was taken - because of dubious government land purchases, the wars over land, land confiscation and the operation of the Native Land Court.
3. (noun) lie, fabrication, person who tells lies, propaganda.
He rūkahu ngā kōrero a Te Putaewa (W 1971:351). / What Te Putaewa says are lies.
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa
2. (modifier) false, untrue, fake, insincere, deceitful.
Ko rāua mārire hoki ngā tāngata pākiwaha i kōrero whakakake noa, rūpahu noa (TWMNT 21/5/1879:422). / And they are the boastful people who spoke with assumed superiority and deceit.
He pai nōna, he aroha, he atawhai, he hūmārie, he pono nō āna kōrero. Kāore ana kōrero whakapatipati, kāore he kōrero rūpahu (TTT 1/6/1925:239). / His good qualities were of compassion, generosity, affability and speaking the truth. He did not flatter or tell lies.
3. (noun) lie, fabrication, person who tells lies, propaganda.
Ka mea te iwi katoa kua kite nei i te tere o Hotunui ki te kupenga, ka mea “E pai ana kia karangatia. Ākuanei he rūpahu noa iho nā taua tangata.” (JPS 1941:128). / The people all said that they had witnessed the speed of Hotunui in net-weaving and said, “It is well that he be invited. Perhaps it is just lies on the part of that man.”
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, hori, pūkei, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa
