pātari

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian *paatari "entice, attract". Cognate with Hawaiian pākali (“to decoy fish”).

Verb

pātari (passive pātaria or pātariria)(transitive)

  1. to entice
  2. to divert, to decoy
  3. to provoke, to encite

Noun

pātari

  1. persuasiveness

Further reading

  • “pātari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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