ui makihoi
1. (noun) rhetorical question, pointless question - a question asked not for information but to produce an effect.
Ehara tāku i te ui makihoi, whakateka rānei, engari he tino whakamatemate kē nei nōku kia tau mai he māramatanga ki a au, kia paku hīnātore noa mai rānei (HM 3/1995). / Mine is not a rhetorical question, or a fabrication, but a real concern of mine to obtain some enlightenment, or even a glimmer of light.
