nako
1. (verb) to have on one's mind, much in one's thoughts, desire earnestly.
The elderly man earnestly desired to reach the grave of his elder brother who fell in the Second World War in Crete. / E nako ana te koroua kia tae atu ki te urupā o tōna tuakana i hinga ai i te Pakanga Tuarua o Te Ao i Kiriti.
2. (noun) earnest desire.
Ka noho te nako ki roto i a Te Pēhi ki te ngaki i te mate kiatu o ana tamariki, engari ko te mea kē kāore ana pū me ana kariri (TTR 1990:246). / Te Pēhi earnestly wanted revenge for the violent deaths of his children but for that he needed guns and ammunition.
nako
1. (noun) fernbird, Bowdleria punctata - a warm brown bird heavily streaked and spotted dark brown with a long frayed tail. Secretive and lives in freshwater and tidal wetlands.
See also mātātā
