uiui
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to question, interrogate, investigate, cross-examine, examine.
I te tau 1948, kīhai i momoho te petihana a Heke ki te Pāremata, ko tana tono rā kia uiuia ai te poraka e te Kōti Whenua Māori (TTR 2000:27). / In 1948 Heke's petition to Parliament to have the Māori Land Court investigate the block was unsuccessful.
Synonyms: whakanano, whakaui, pātaitai, patapatai, ui, urupounamu, pātai, pakirehua
2. (stative) be inquisitive.
3. (noun) questioning, interrogation, question, cross-examination.
Kua mutu te uiui mō ngā Tiamani i oma nei i Motuihi (TKO 12/2/1918:5). / The interrogation of the Germans who escaped from Motuihi has ended.
Synonyms: pākiki, uiuinga, pātaitaitanga, patapatai, pātaitai
