tahupera
1. (verb) (-tia) to falsify, lie, exagerate, distort, misrepresent, fabricate.
He aha hoki koe i tahupera ai? (TWMNT 8/2/1876:34). / Then why did you lie?
Synonyms: whakatapeha, whakaparori, aweke, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, kēā, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa, hori, papahu, rūkahu
2. (modifier) false, erroneous, fake, untrue, bogus.
Whakarērea atu te atua tahupera nā (TWM 9/12/1865:3). / Abandon that false god.
3. (noun) falsehood, exaggeration, distortion, lie, deceit, fabrication, deception, untruth.
I āhei a ia ki te huna i tōna whakamā mā te tahupera o te kata (Ng 1993:135). / She was able to hide her embarrassment with false laughter.
