tipatipa
1. (verb) to be false, lying, untrue, spurious, erroneous, fallacious, fake, phony, bogus.
Ko tētahi o ā mātou Pākehā, ko Mira o Tūranga nei, tipatipa noa ai tana kōrero Māori (HKW 1/2/1901:12). / One of our Pākehā, Miller of Gisborne here, his speaking Māori is fake.
Synonyms: teka, hāwatewate, te puku
2. (modifier) false, lying, untrue, spurious, erroneous, fallacious, fake, phony, bogus.
3. (noun) lie, falsehood, untruth, fib.
Ko tā rātau urupare ki te tipatipa he kata me te whakaparau anō (Ng 1993:223). / Their response to the lie was laughter and disbelief.
Synonyms: rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, kēā, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa, hori, papahu, tahupera
