1. (verb) to hang back, be shy, retiring, reserved, reticent.
I memeke te tamaiti, ā, manauhea ana ki te whakauru atu (Ng 1993:195). / The child hung back and was reluctant to join in.
Synonyms: tikumu, whakakumu, pūihi, moke, whakamōwai, rāhui, tāpui, nohopuku, whakatōngā, konekone, hūnguengue, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue
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