2. (modifier) be slovenly, lazy, sloppy, slipshod, negligent, slapdash, unkempt.
He tangata hakirara, he kopakopa katoa ana kākahu, me te paruparu anō o te āhua (PK 2008:68). / A slovenly person whose clothes were wrinkled and appearance was dirty.
See also hakurara
Synonyms: tūpato kore, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, makuku, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore, tō kumu, māikoiko, tūkeke, waimori, toupiore, mākoko
3. (modifier) be trifling, trivial, paltry, frivolous, insignificant, petty, unimportant, shallow.
He take hakirara tā rātou kia whakatauria. / They have a trivial matter to be settled.
Synonyms: pāpaku, ngākau pāpaku
4. (noun) ditty, light song.
Tokotoru ngā pepa nei, ko rātau tonu te mātāpuna mō te nuinga o ngā tuhinga a Kerei i roto i 'Ko nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori' (1853) (TTR 1990:277). / Three of these papers were the source of most of the prose material in Grey's writings in 'Ko nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori' (1853).
hakurara
1. (verb) to be slovenly, lazy, sloppy, slipshod, negligent, slapdash, unkempt - variation of hakirara.
Ka kī atu tana whāea a Titihōia ki a ia, "Ahakoa pēhea, kaua rawa atu koe e hakurara." (EM 2002:27). / His mother, Titihōia, said to him, "No matter what, you must not be slovenly."
Synonyms: tūpato kore, waimori, toupiore, mākoko, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore, tō kumu, tūkeke, makuku
2. (noun) slovenliness, laziness, sloppiness, negligence.
Ki a au nei, he tohu nō te māngere, nō te hakurara (TTT 1/5/1924:35). / To me it's a sign of laziness and sloppiness.
See also hakirara
Synonyms: tūpato kore, paraheahea, māngere, māngeretanga, hakorea, māhonge, pakukore
