whakamatemate
1. (verb) (-a) to be in mental turmoil, consumed with curiosity.
Ehara tāku i te ui makihoi, whakateka rānei, engari he tino whakamatemate kē nei nōku kia tau mai he māramatanga ki a au, kia paku hīnātore noa mai rānei (HM 3/1995). / Mine is not a rhetorical question, or a fabrication, but a real concern of mine to obtain some enlightenment, or even a glimmer of light.
2. (verb) (-a) to be dying, declining.
I a Te Horetā e whakamatemate ana ka whakahaua e ia kia tuhia ana kōrero ki tōna hoa Pākehā i Ākarana (TTR 1990:195). / When Te Horetā was dying he asked that a letter be written to his Pākehā friend in Auckland.
3. (noun) curiosity, inquisitiveness.
Tino whakahaua ana ia kia kaua rawa ia e titiro he aha kei roto i tētahi o ngā kāpata o te whare. I te wā ko ia anake i te kāinga, kore rawa i taea e ia te pēhi tana whakamatemate, huakina ana e ia te kāpata (TTR 2000:182). / Strict orders forbade her from looking at what was in one of the cupboards in the homestead. When she was alone, unable to contain her curiosity, she opened the cupboard.
manawa reka
1. (verb) to be gratified, satisfied, pleased.
Ka oti ngā rahu, ka haere rāua ka tae ki te wai a taua tamaiti; ka titiro taua wahine ka manawa reka (JPS 1912:90). / When the undressed flax baskets were done they both went to his stream, where the woman beheld a sight that pleased her.
Synonyms: matakuikui, uruhau, āhuareka, harikoa, harakoakoa, waingōhia, pārekareka, wanea, māha, toka, mākona, ngata, upa
2. (noun) interest, curiosity, attention, fascination, appeal, attraction.
I ngā tekau tau atu i 1870 i kaha ake te whakawhānui haere mai o te mahi tūruhi, ā, ngakia ake ana te manawa reka o te hunga whakaeke e mīharo nei ki te taiao (TTR 1996:230). / During the 1870s tourism expanded rapidly with local Maori enthusiastically taking advantage of the interest shown by visitors in their natural environment.
