taihoa /ˈtʌɪhəʊə 
/ New Zealand English informal ▸ exclamation a request or instruction to delay or be patient; hold on: I am coming to it, taihoa.
▸ verb [no object] delay or postpone an action: they taihoaed while they tucked into some brunch
[with object] twenty boys sat the qualification test, with eight deciding to taihoa a year.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: Māori.
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