hirinaki
1. (verb) to lean, slant, slope, depend on, rely on.
Me hirinaki ki te kupu oati o roto o Taiporohēnui (TJ 2/2/1899:6). / We should rely on the promise from within Taiporohēnui.
Synonyms: whakamanawa, whakawhirinaki, tūai, tūoi, tūpuhipuhi, honga, hauwarea, kōhoi, paparewa, tokoroa, pirohea, taiuru, whirinaki, pāhehaheha, tūpuhi, taramore, tītaha, whāiti, whīroki, wharara, whīrokiroki, hīroki
2. (noun) old age.
Synonyms: kaumātuatanga, rāroa, mātāpūpututanga, pēperekōutanga, ngā taru o Tura, ruahinetanga, koroheketanga