whakaputa mōhio
1. (verb) to be a know-all, be a smart alec, be a smart-arse.
Heoi anō, ka riro nā ngā kuia o Ngāti Tarāwhai te kōrero whakamutunga. Ka kī tonu ake, "He aha tō mahi e pahupahu mai nā i konā, hoki mai ki runga anō i tōu marae whakaputa mōhio ai." (EM 2002:164). / However, the last word was left to the elderly women of Ngāti Tarāwhai when they said, "What are you raving on about there. Come back to your own marae and be a know-all."
2. (modifier) smart-alecky.
E tohu ana tēnei kīwaha i te tangata āhua whakahīhī, āhua whakaputa mōhio rānei (HKK 1999:87). / This idiom applies to a somewhat arrogant person, or who is a bit smart-alecky.
3. (noun) know-all, smart alec, smart-arse.
He kōrero mō te whakaputa mōhio, mō te tangata rānei kāore e tutuki i a ia tāna i kī ai (HKK 1999:86). / Sayings for the smart alec, or for the person who does not do what she promised.
Synonyms: ngutu huia
