1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to refuse, decline.
E kore mātou e āhei te whakanau atu (W 1971:219). / We will never be able to refuse.
Synonyms: kapurangi, kape, tohe, para, whakahoe, whakakāhore, whakapeka, whakatoitoi, hawa, huru, ota, whakapekapeka, tohetohe
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