1. (verb) (-na) to pull, tug, attract, entice.
Kei te ao tawhito rawa atu ētahi hapū, ētahi iwi; kei te kāhakihakina noatia e ngā whakaakoranga maha, e ngā hāhi huhua, e ngā tohunga tokomaha (TTT 1/9/1925:291). / These subtribes and tribes are still in the ancient world and are being attracted by many doctrines, by a variety of faiths and lots of tohunga.
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