patipati
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to flatter, wheedle, cajole, beg, cadge, coax.
Ko taua nūpepa i whakatūria hei tautoko i ngā tikanga a ētahi tāngata ruarua nei (tāngata Pākehā), ā e waiho ana ko ana kōrero tino horihori rawa, whakamā kore, hei patipati i te iwi (Māori) kia tahuri mai ki te āwhina i a ia (TWMNT 27/3/1877:89). / That newspaper was set up to support the causes of a few people (Pākehā people) and its stories are complete shameless fabrications designed to court the support of the people (Māori).
Synonyms: whakapatipati, whakapati, kaimātai, pīnono, pīnene, pati
2. (modifier) sweet-talking, coaxing, flattering, obsequious.
Kāti te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero patipati a te tangata, ehara tātou i te tamariki kia raru noa i te kōrero patipati (TP 4/1905:4). / Stop listening to the sweet-talk of someone, we aren't children to be led astray by flattering talk.
Synonyms: whakapatipati
3. (noun) flattery.
I tinihangatia a ia i ā rātau patipati (Ng 1993:156). / She was deceived by their flattery.
