whakaninihi
1. (verb) to creep, move stealthily.
Ko te ahi ia, ka whakaninihi haere i tua o ngā whare, ā, ka anga nui anō, nāwai rā, ka pau ēnei rārangi whare i Queen Street (TPM 23/2/1863:10). / But the fire crept along on the other side of the houses and opposite them, and after a time these rows of houses on Queen Street were consumed.
Synonyms: koropuku, whakahengi, whakamomoka, whakamokamoka, ninihi, whakatōkihi, whakakoko
