kōrero parau
1. (verb) to tell an untruth, lie, fib.
Kāore ia i rite ki te nuinga atu o ana hoa tōrangapū nā te mea kore rawa ia i akona ki te kōrero parau, ki te kōhetehete, papare kē rānei i te take (TTR 2000:47). / He was unlike many of his political colleagues, because he never learned to lie, to quibble, or to evade an issue.
2. (noun) lie, untruth, erroneous account, falsehood, fib, false evidence.
He take tēnei hei mahi māna, arā, ki te whakatikatika i ngā kōrero parau a te tangata (TTR 1996:187). / For him this was a duty, that is to correct people's erroneous accounts.
See also parau
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa
