māminga
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to trick, deceive, beguile, play tricks.
Ko te whakamaharatanga tēnei ki te āhua o te whenua i hangā houtia nei e te kāpura a Mahuika, i māmingatia nei e tana mokopuna e Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga (KO 24/8/1886:7). / This is a memorial to the landscape reconstructed by the fire of Mahuika who was tricked by Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga.
2. (modifier) crafty, devious, tricky, scheming, conniving, underhanded, cunning, fraudulent.
Ka mahi ia i ētahi mahi māminga, kōroiroi noa nei, kia roa ai ia e tū ana i tōna tūranga (TWMNT 9/8/1879:490). / He did some devious things, which were quite unscrupulous, so that he could remain longer in his position.
3. (modifier) mystifying, mysterious.
Ko te mutunga iho noho ake ana te whare karakia iti nei hei whare karakia kauawhiawhi, māminga atu hoki (TTR 2000:193). / The effect was that the chapel was an intimate and mysterious place of worship.
4. (noun) hoax, deception, trick, con trick.
Hei tāna, he māminga te angi o te tangi (TTR 1990:98). / According to him, the sound moved about deceptively.
