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rūkahu

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to tell lies.

Ka rīria atu e Tūhawaiki, me te karanga atu e rūkahu ana ia; nō konei ka taki whawhai (TTR 1990:27). / When Tūhawaiki upbraided Karetai for telling lies the two leaders came to blows.

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2. (modifier) false, untrue, fake, insincere.

Heoi i waenganui i ngā tau 1840 ki 1900 ka riro te rahi o ngā whenua o te Māori – nā ngā hoko rūkahu a te kāwanatanga, ngā pakanga mō te whenua, te raupatu whenua, me ngā mahi a te Kōti Whenua Māori (Te Ara 2013). / But between 1840 and 1900 much of the Māori land was taken - because of dubious government land purchases, the wars over land, land confiscation and the operation of the Native Land Court.

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3. (noun) lie, fabrication, person who tells lies, propaganda.

He rūkahu ngā kōrero a Te Putaewa (W 1971:351). / What Te Putaewa says are lies.

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Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, kōrero parau, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa

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