matakuikui
1. (verb) to be joyful, talkative, full of spirit, pleased.
Matakuikui ana a Helen Clark, engari anō a Jim Bolger, he matawaenga kē pea tāna (HM 1/1997). / Helen Clark is pleased, but Jim Bolger on the other hand is probably in a dilemma.
Synonyms: manawa reka, uruhau, āhuareka, harakoakoa, waingōhia, pārekareka, harakoa, whakamanamana, koakoa, koa, takaahuareka, manahau, whakakoakoa, tūrangahakoa, harikoa, hurō
