2. (modifier) underhand, deceitful, devious, cheating, deceiving, dishonest, fraudulent.
Nō te huihuinga o ngā rangatira ki Paihia i Pēpuere 1845, ka rongo a Te Karu Whā kei te ngākaurua te iwi, kei te uiuia ngā mahi tinihanga a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:66). / As Henry Williams found out at a conference of chiefs at Paihia in February 1845, the people were uncertain and questioned the underhand activities of the government.
3. (modifier) amusing, beguiling, entertaining.
Ka emi mai te mano o te tāngata ki te haka, ki te waiata, ki te piu, ki te tutukai, ki te tī, ki te ponga, ki te punipuni, ki te tākaro, ki te pūkana, ki te mahi tinihanga a te Māori (G 1853:vi). / Masses of people gathered to perform haka, to sing, to skip, to play knucklebones, to play hand games, to play the ponga game, to play finger games, to wrestle, to perform the pūkana, and other amusements of the Māori.
4. (noun) deceit, cheating, fraud, trickery, deception, hoax, skulduggery.
Ko ngā tohunga o muri nei he tinihanga noa iho ā rātou mahi, kāore i rite ki ngā tohunga o neherā, he tapu, he wehi, tēnā ko ō muri nei he hangarau ngā mahi (TP 1/3/1900:9). / The tohunga of contemporary times merely practice trickery, not like the tohunga of olden times who were tapu and frightening - those of today practise chicanery.
tinihanga kore
1. (modifier) genuine, unfeigned, sincere, frank, honest.
I kite au ki te kaha o te aroha o ngā Pākehā o Waikato, he aroha karaitiana, arā he aroha tinihanga kore (TP 5/1906:9). / I saw the strength of the love of the Waikato Pākehā, a christian love, that is a sincere affection.
Synonyms: ngākau pono, pono, houtupu, motuhenga, motuhēhē
