whakamomoka
1. (verb) (-tia) to move stealthily, obtain by stealth, stalk, shadow, creep up on, tail, track, seek secretly.
Kia pō ka whakamomoka atu ai ki te tahutahu i ngā waka o Ngāti Parau (TTR 1990:161). / When it was night they crept up to set fire to the canoes of Ngāti Parau.
See also whakamokamoka
Synonyms: koropuku, whakahengi, whakamokamoka, ninihi, whakaninihi, whakatōkihi, whakakoko, kōruru, taumaru, taumarumaru, ataata, atarau, maru, ātārangi
2. (modifier) stealthily, covertly.
Kātahi ka haere whakamomoka taua tangata ki tētahi wāhi e tino mārama ai tana titiro atu ki te mahi a taua tangata (TPH 30/3/1900:5). / Then that man went covertly to that place so that he could see clearly what that man was doing.
3. (noun) stalking, tracking.
Nā tōna whakamomoka i tōna whāea, ka tūtaki mai ia ki tōna matua ko Makea-tūtara (Te Ara 2014). / By stalking his mother he finally met his father, Makea-tūtara.
