muheni
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to insult, offend, malign, defame, slight, denigrate, disparage, ill-treat.
Kīhai te hui i whakahaeretia, nā te mea ka takahia te kawa o te marae e ngā manuhiri, he takahinga i whakaarohia e muheni ana i te mana o te Kīngi (TTR 1996:228). / The meeting did not take place because the protocols of the marae were trampled on by the visitors, a breach considered to be a slight to the King's mana.
See also muhani
Synonyms: hara, tunuhuruhuru, whakakino, whakaparahako, whakatūtūā, whakahahani, muhani, kehi, whakakinokino, whakatuohu, muhari, whakahariharitae, tūtara
