nuka
1. (verb) (-ia) to deceive, dupe, trick, mislead.
E ai ki ngā kōrero tupuna a Ngāi Tahu kua whakatūpato kētia a Tama-i-hara-nui kua tātaingia e Ngāti Toa kia nukaia a ia me te rongo anō hoki nā rātou i whakapoke te urupā o tētahi o ana whanaunga (TTR 1990:146). / According to Ngāi Tahu traditions, Tama-i-hara-nui had already been warned that Ngāti Toa were planning treachery, and also heard that they had desecrated the grave of one of his relatives.
Synonyms: papahu, whakatuapeka, whakanewha, tuapeka, whakaparori, whakanewhanewha, whātītipa
2. (modifier) deceitful, devious, conniving, tricky.
E kite ana tātou ka huri anō te iwi ki te mahi nuka, ki te mahi tinihanga (KO 19/4/1887:1). / We are seeing the people resorting to trickery and deception again.
3. (noun) device, stratagem, ploy, ruse, subterfuge.
Hei tāna, he nuka tōrangapū kē aua whakataunga i te rōpū Rātana (TTR 1996:154). / According to him it was a political ploy against the Rātana party.
