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tō tenetene

1. up yours! stuff you! get stuffed! - a curse that is used to show disdain for the actions or statements of others. Usually said to a woman.

Ka haramai te wahine, te hunaonga a te tūpāpaku ka kī mai ki a māua, “Kāore he pae, engari mēnā kei te pīrangi mihi koe, e mihi.” I tērā tonu, ka whakaaro au ki a au anō, tō tenetene! Ērā kōrero katoa kei roto i a au, nā reira kāore māua i mihi (Kāretu 2015). / The woman, a daughter-in-law of the deceased came over and said to us, "There are no speakers, but if you want to speak, go ahead." With that I thought to myself, up yours! All those sayings were in me, and so we didn't speak.

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