whakarākei
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to adorn, decorate, garnish, embellish, elaborate, enhance.
Ka heru te pakeke nei i a ia, ka whakarākei, ka pūtikitia te māhunga, ka tiaia ōna huia e rua (JPS 1899:123). / This man combed his hair and adorned himself, tying up his hair in a knot, in which he stuck his two huia feathers.
See also whakarākai
2. (modifier) decorative, ornamental, enhancing.
Ehara i te mea he aha, heoi anō he whakamōhio noa atu ko te pūtea i pau ki ngā mahi whakarākei whare, he momo me mātua whakapau ki ngā rawa o te tari, kaua ki ngā mahi (HM 3/1994:6). / I'm not making a particular issue of it, but it's just to let you know that the fund used for the work of decorating the building is of the type must be used for the office property, not for activities.
Synonyms: whakapaipai, whakarākai
3. (noun) decoration, ornamentation, adornment, embellishment, remix.
Ko te whakarākei te whakamahi pūrere tāhiko ki te rāwekeweke i ngā wāhanga o tētahi hopunga puoro, ko te whakahou i ngā kōtuituinga o ngā wāhanga, kia puta ai he rerenga hou o te puoro. I ētahi wā, ka whakaurua hoki ētahi āhuatanga hou, pērā i te reo niko (RTP 2015:123). / A remix is the use of electronic devices to manipulate the pieces of a musical recording to create an altered version of the music. It can also involve the addition of new elements such as a vocal harmony (RTP 2015:123).
Synonyms: whakarākeitanga, whakanikoniko, whakaniko, whakarākai, whakarei, whakanakonako, whakarāwai
whakarākei
1. (noun) (theatre) set.
Synonyms: totoka, rehurehu, tetepe, whakanoho, whakanohonoho, pō, ahuahu, kōpā, whakamohiki
taonga whakarākei
1. (noun) body adornment, jewellery.
He heru, he kōkōwai, he hinu rākau, hinu kararehe rānei ngā taonga whakarākei i te makawe (Te Ara 2017). / Combs, red ochre, plant oils, or animal oils were the adornments in the hair.
Synonyms: whakapīwari
kuīni whakarākei
1. (noun) drag queen.
He maha ngā momo whakaaritanga pērā i te wewete kākahu a te wahine, a te tāne me te irawhiti, te whakangahau a te kuīni whakarākei me te tangata kahuwhiti, te kaikani-ahi, te kanikani Pāniora, te tū a te pukuhohe, me te kani-puku. (Townsend, 2018) / ...and offered a variety of shows, including female, male and transgender striptease acts, performances by drag queens and cross-dressers, fire dancers, Spanish flamenco, comic acts, and belly dancing.
