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tekateka

1. (adjective) be vain, conceited, confounded.

He tekateka noa hoki te kōrero a ngā terapimi, he teka te kite a ngā tohunga, he horihori ngā moe i kōrerotia e rātou (PT Hakaraia 10:2). / For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams.

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2. (modifier) false, untrue.

Waihoki, ko ēnā iwi e kōrero tekateka atu nā ki a koutou, ki ngā Pākehā, mea ake hoki atu anō te hēnga o ā rātou nei kupu ki runga i ō rātou nei matenga hīpoki ai (JPS 1990:155). / Likewise, those people who are lying to you, to the Pākehā, soon the falsity of their words will be heaped on their own heads.

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tekateka

1. (verb) (-ina,-ngia) to throw the teka dart.

He tino mōhio a Hutu ki te tekateka niti (White 2 1889:158). / Hutu was very clever at throwing darts.

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