hangarau - technology; funny (amusing); joke
Hangarau, v.t. Jest with, befool. He aha tau i hangarau i a au? (T. 18).
hangahangarau, frequentative. 1. v.t. Continue to befool. E waiho ana koe hei hangahangarau maku (M. 269).
2. a. Full of wiles. Maui hangahangarau (M. 297).
Williams Dictionary
Kāore ngā kōtiro i whakaaro he hangarau, engari i kata he tama.None of the girls thought it was funny, but a boy laughed.Negations of the past tense - Kāore... i...
He hangarau noa e Mā, he hangarau noa!I'm only pretending, Ma, just pretending!
