memeke
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, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, konekone, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, matakakā, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana, whakamā, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi
