pīnono
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to beg, obtain in a cunning manner, cadge, wheedle.
2. (verb) (-tia,-hia) to peep, peck.
Synonyms: tirotiro, whātaretare, whakangeingei, whātare
3. (modifier) begging, cadging, wheedling.
Kei ngā tuhituhi a te minita, a J. F. H. Wohlers, te kōrero i rite kē a Tūhawaiki ki te kaihoko hōiho; 'he tangata pīnono, he nanakia, he tītipa hoki' (TTR 1990:369). / In the writings of the minister, J. F. H. Wohlers, is the description likening Tūhawaiki to a horse-dealer and as being 'a cadger, treacherous and deceitful'.
