2. (verb) (-ngia,-hia,-tia) to be baffled, disconcerted, puzzled, mystified.
Paraparau kau te tangata nei mō te rerenga o Te Kahu-rere-moa (NM 1928:122). / This man was baffled as to the reason for the flight of Te Kahu-rere-moa.
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha, āniwa, mānukanuka, kānaenae
3. (noun) lie, fabrication, untruth.
E tika ana tēnei, ara te wāhi ki a koutou, otiia, ko ngā kōrero mō Haiti he paraparau kau te nuinga (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:10). / This is true of you, but the stories about Haiti are mostly fabrication.
Synonyms: rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, patu taringa, kēā, papahu, tahupera
