1. (verb) to be meddlesome.
Me karo ngā mātua i te maikutu i ngā take o ā rātau tamariki kua pakeketia (Ng 1993:274). / Parents need to avoid being meddlesome in their matters of their grown-up children.
Synonyms: raweke, whawhewhawhe, whakapōrearea
2. (modifier) fidgety.
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