pātoi
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to lure, entice.
Nāna i pātoi te amorangi o Ngāi Tahu rā a Tama-i-hara-nui ki tana kaipuke (TTR 1990:300). / He lured the Ngāi Tahu leader Tama-i-hara-nui onto his ship.
Synonyms: poa, whakawai, maimoa, whakakonuka, whakapoapoa, kohinu, poapoa, tīmori
2. (noun) lure, bait, enticement.
He pātoi kia puta atu tātau ki waho, ka manukāwhaki ai, ko reira te matua huaki ai (JPS 1919:125). / It is a lure to draw us outside by feigning flight to the place where the main body will attack us.
