kōrero teka
1. (verb) to tell lies, perjure.
Ki te makere mai ēnei kupu i te waha o te tangata, e whakaatu ana i te whakaaro o taua tangata kei te kōrero teka, kei te rūkahu tētahi atu (HKK 1999:64). / If these words are uttered by someone, it reveals that person's opinion that someone else is telling lies.
2. (noun) perjury, falsehood, untruth, lie, fabrication.
He tangata au e hurahura ana i ngā pukapuka o te kōti whenua, ā, kua kitea e au ngā kōrero teka a ngā tāngata kua riro noa atu ki te kōpū o te whenua. Kua ngaro atu rātou ko ā rātou kōrero teka ia kei te ora tonu (TTT 1/8/1925:278). / I am someone who delves into the books of the land court and I have discovered the lies of the people who have been buried a long time ago. They have gone but their falsehoods continue to live.
Synonyms: oati teka, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero parau, kēā, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa, horihori
