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1. (verb) (-ia) to talk privately.

Kua muna ia ki tana hoa piripono, he mōhio nōna kāore tana hoa e harihari i aua kōrero ki tētahi atu (PK 2008:483). / She spoke privately to her close friend because she knew that her friend would not tell anybody else.

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2. (stative) be confidential, anonymous, secretly.

Ko te mate kē e huna ana, e muna ana, e whakamokeke ana te āhua o te whakatū (Kāretu 2009:10). / The problem was that it was being held in secret and covertly.

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Synonyms: tārehu, torohū, toropuku, whakamokeke, ngaro, tōngā, hū, kōkuhu, puku

3. (noun) secret, confidentiality, secrecy.

I whakatenetene tonu nei te kaiwhakaako o Pine a Rotohiko Haupapa, he whao waruwaru noa nei tāna, ki te whāki atu i ngā muna whakairo a Te Arawa ki ngā kaiako o Ngāti Porou (TTR 1998:186). / Pine's teacher, Rotohiko Haupapa, was using only the paring chisel, and was reluctant to reveal the secrets of Te Arawa carving skills to the students from Ngāti Porou.

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