1. (noun) niggard, miser, skinflint.
He pitokite ia. Kāore i homai tana paihikara kia haere ki te toa hoki miraka ai. / He's a miser. He wouldn't lend me his bike to go to the shop to buy milk.
Synonyms: kaikoropeke, ringa poto, kaiponu, matapiko, kaihākere, makitaunu, porokaihākere, atuapo
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