whakakīkī
1. (verb) (-ia,-ngia) to persuade, convince, influence, instigate.
Nāna i whakakīkī te nuinga o te iwi o Taumutu kia hoki ki te haukāinga i runga i tana kī atu kua ū te maungārongo i reira (TTR 1990:146). / He persuaded the majority of the people of Taumutu to return home on his assurance that peace had been established there.
Synonyms: whakawhere, whakawai, whakawaiwai, whakawherewhere, whakapakepake
2. (noun) persuasion.
He whai hua noa ake te whakakīkī i te uruhi (Milroy 2016). / Persuasion is better than force (Milroy 2016).
Synonyms: whakapakepake, whakawhere
