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