1. (verb) (-hia,-ia,-tia) to tend carefully, nurse, indulge, pamper, pander to.
I mātai ake ngā Pākehā o mua ki te nānāhia o ngā tamariki Māori e ō rātou mātua, ā, he oranga kore here noa tō rātou (Te Ara 2015). / Early Pākehā observed Māori children being indulged by their parents and leading carefree lives.
Synonyms: nāhi, tapuhi, morimori, tiaki, nēhi, mohimohi, whakatapuhi, hiki
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