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manukāwhaki

1. (verb) (-tia) to deceive the enemy by feigning flight.

Ka mea ngā irāmutu o Kāwharu kia haere rātou, mā te tauā e whai i muri i a rātou, manukāwhakitia ana e rātou (Wh4 2004:108). / Kāwharu's nephews suggested that they go away and that the enemy war party would follow them, they would deceive the enemy by feigning flight and then counter attack.

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2. (noun) ambush.

Ka whakatika mai ngā kaipātari, e haere rā i te manukāwhaki (NM 1928:128). / Then the decoys rose up and the ambush was underway.

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