2. (modifier) sweet, melodious.
Ko Kelly Koroheke o Ngāti Maniapoto, kuia rōreka, kuia tino ngahau, kuia arohaina nuitia e te katoa o te hunga i tae mai ki te kura o te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori i tū ki te marae o Kirikiriroa (HM 2/1994:2). / Kelly Koroheke of Ngāti Maniapoto was a sweet singing and very entertaining elderly woman who was loved by all the people that came to the Māori Language Commission's educational gatherings held at the Kirikiriroa marae.
3. (noun) sweet singing, sweet music, sweet sound.
Ka moe ngā kanohi, ka hī ngā pewa, ka tau ngā pane, ka whakatau te reo katoa i te rōreka e whakahaua rā e te waiata (M 2006:42). / The eyes close, the eyebrows are raised, the heads are bowed and they all join in sweet music as directed by the song.
2. (noun) sweetness.
2. (modifier) pleasurable, entertaining, interesting, engaging.
Hei whakatinana i tērā ka puta ngā kōrero whakarekareka mō te hītori o tēnei motu (Te Ara 2014). / To implement that engaging accounts appeared about the history of this country.
Synonyms: rēhia, harakoakoa
3. (noun) pleasantness, appeal, sweetness, attractiveness.
Ko ēnei momo kōrero he whakarekareka i te taringa (TTR 1994:90). / These types of accounts are pleasant to listen to.
Synonyms: makuku
reka
1. (verb) to be pleasant, pleasing, agreeable.
He iwi mōhio te Māori ki te hanga ingoa kia reka ai te whakarongo a te taringa, ina koa a Te Herewini, a Te Wiremu, a Te Harawira me te nuinga atu (TKO 6/1914:8). / The Māori are a clever people at creating names so that they are pleasant to the ear, such as Te Herewini (Selwyn), Te Wiremu (Williams), Te Harawira (Hadfield) and many others.
Synonyms: manea, matareka, hūmārika, rēhia, kakato, rawe, rekareka, hāneanea, ngohengohe, pai, manini, āhuareka, ātaahua, hūmārie, āhumehume, pārekareka, hūmārire, harakoa, ngāwari, purotu
2. (modifier) sweet, tasty, palatable.
He aha te painga o ngā kai reka a te Pākehā - o te rare, o te keke, o te purini, o te winika, o te pepa, o te waipiro? (TKO 31/5/1921:9). / What benefit is there in the sweet food of the Pākehā - lollies, cakes, puddings, vinegar, pepper and alcohol?
3. (noun) sweetness, tastiness, flavour.
Ka rongo te tangata ki te reka o ana rohi e kore rawa ia e hiahia ki ngā rohi a tētahi atu peka (TWMNT 16/10/1878:79). / When a person experiences the flavour of his bread she will never want the bread of another baker.
kakara
1. (stative) be aromatic, fragrant, sweet-smelling, nice-smelling, scented.
E kī ana tētehi kōrero, i moe iho a Kupe i te pō ka kite i te atua, i a Io, ka tohutohungia mai ki a ia me whiti mai ia i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te whenua tērā e whakakitea ki a ia 'he whenua e tauria ana e te kohurangi, he whenua mākūkū, e kakara ana te oneone, kei Tiritiri-o-te-moana e tau ana' (NIT 1995:13). / One narrative says that Kupe was asleep one night when he saw the atua, Io, who instructed him to cross the Pacific Ocean to the land that would be revealed to him, 'a land covered by mist, a damp land with fragrant soil, lying at Tiritiri-o-te-moana'.
Synonyms: whakakakara
2. (noun) fragrant smell, scent, fragrance, aroma, bouquet, perfume.
Ko te tohu a Tūrongo ko te pai o te kakara o te hinu raukawa, pania ai e Māhina-a-rangi ki a ia, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki a Tūrongo (NIT 1995:71). / Tūrongo's clue was the attractive perfume of raukawa oil that Māhina-a-rangi put on herself when she went to meet Tūrongo.
Synonyms: whakakakara, wai kakara, hinu kakara, hinu rautangi, piro, tīare, tīere
kūmara
1. (noun) sweet potato, kūmara, Ipomoea batatas.
I muri mai i te waipuke, ka tīmata mātau ki te tou i ngā tipu kūmara (HP 1991:14). / After the flood we began to plant the kūmara plants.
See also kūmera
2. (modifier) sweet drink, soft drink.
He aihikirīmi, he keke, he pounamu inu waireka, ngā taonga mō ngā whakataetae (HP 1991:272). / Icecream, cakes and bottles of soft drink were the prizes for the competitions.
3. (noun) sweet drink, soft drink.
Kikī ana te tēpu i ngā momo kai ātaahua katoa. He mīti, he pīkaokao, he kaimoana me ngā hua whenua, hua rākau, tae atu ki ngā purini me ngā waireka (TWK 60:2). / The table was full of all types of beautiful foods. There was meat, chicken, seafood, vegetables, fruit and even deserts and soft drinks.
waitī
1. (modifier) sweet, melodious.
He wā tōna ka waiata tahi tātou, he wā anō ka whakarongo kau noa ki te reo waitī o Tūī e kawe ana i ētahi o ngā titonga nei. / At some stage we will sing together, and at others we'll just listen to the sweet voice of Tūī illustrating some of these compositions.
2. (noun) sap of the cabbage tree.
2. (noun) sweetness, melodiousness.
Kua riro nei koe ki te wahangūtanga o te ihi, o te wehi i te pō e kore anō te wainene o tō reo e rangona ā muri ake nei (Kāretu 2010:12). / You have departed to the place where the illustrious are silent in the world of death and the sweetness of your voice will never be heard again.
māngaro
1. (modifier) tasty, mealy, floury.
Ka tunua ki te ahi ka maoa, ka romia, tangotango ana, ka mawhaki, ka kitea te māngaro, ka kīia kātahi te para māngaro (TP 1/1911:4). / It is cooked in the fire and when ready, it is squeezed, handled, broken open and the flouriness is discovered so the comment is made that it is floury para fern tubers.
2. (noun) sweetness, flavour.
Ka pātai te ngākau he aha i pēnei rawa ai tōna rongonui ehara kē hoki ia i te wahine whakaputa i a ia, ehara i te wahine whakahīnātore, ehara i te kūmara kōrero mō tōna māngaro (H 1992:29). / One asks why she was so famous when she was not a woman who promoted herself, was not a star, and was not like the kūmara talking about its sweetness.
3. (noun) starch.
He nui te māngaro o roto i te kūmara (RP 2009:276). / There is a lot of starch in kūmara.
kūmera
1. (noun) sweet potato, kūmara, Ipomoea batatas - an unusual alternate spelling.
E kī ana, i mua i pai te kai a te Māori, he kūmera, he aruhe, he pōhue, he manu, he kaingārā, he tuna, he mātaitai; e mea ana anō i kaha rawa te tangata i tērā wā. Ināianei, kua mahue te aruhe, me te pōhue kua kore te kaingārā, kua iti haere te manu, kua iti haere hoki te ngaki o te kūmera, kua tahuri te tangata ki te kānga piro (TH 1/7/1859:2). / It is said that in former times the diet of the Māori consisted of kūmara, fern root, New Zealand passionfruit, birds, yellow moray eels, eels and seafood; and it was also said that people were stronger at that time. Now, the fern root has been abandoned along with the New Zealand passionfruit and the yellow moray eels is gone, birds have decreased and the cultivation of kūmara has also dwindled and people have turned to fermented corn.
See also kūmara
patipati
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to flatter, wheedle, cajole, beg, cadge, coax.
Ko taua nūpepa i whakatūria hei tautoko i ngā tikanga a ētahi tāngata ruarua nei (tāngata Pākehā), ā e waiho ana ko ana kōrero tino horihori rawa, whakamā kore, hei patipati i te iwi (Māori) kia tahuri mai ki te āwhina i a ia (TWMNT 27/3/1877:89). / That newspaper was set up to support the causes of a few people (Pākehā people) and its stories are complete shameless fabrications designed to court the support of the people (Māori).
Synonyms: whakapatipati, whakapati, kaimātai, pīnono, pīnene, pati
2. (modifier) sweet-talking, coaxing, flattering, obsequious.
Kāti te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero patipati a te tangata, ehara tātou i te tamariki kia raru noa i te kōrero patipati (TP 4/1905:4). / Stop listening to the sweet-talk of someone, we aren't children to be led astray by flattering talk.
Synonyms: whakapatipati
3. (noun) flattery.
I tinihangatia a ia i ā rātau patipati (Ng 1993:156). / She was deceived by their flattery.
whakapatipati
1. (-a,-ngia,-tia) to flatter, cajole, coax, bribe, beg, cadge.
I ngā tau 11 ka pahemo e whakapatipati ana ngā kaihokohoko whenua a te kāwanatanga i ngā rangatira e noho 'hoahoa' ana ki a rātou kia hokona atu ō rātou whenua hei wāhi tūranga mō Nū Pāremata (TTR 1990:288). / For the next 11 years the government's land purchase agents coaxed the chiefs who were 'friendly' to them into selling their land for a place to establish New Plymouth.
Synonyms: whakapati, pati, kaimātai, pīnono, pīnene, patipati
2. (modifier) flattering, obsequious.
He pai nōna, he aroha, he atawhai, he hūmārie, he pono nō āna kōrero. Kāore ana kōrero whakapatipati, kāore he kōrero rūpahu (TTT 1/6/1925:239). / His good qualities were of compassion, generosity, affability and speaking the truth. He did not make flattering talk or tell lies.
Synonyms: patipati
3. (noun) smooth talk, flattery, sweet talk.
I kī mai a Māminga nāna i whakaheke te utu o tana waka, he pai nōna ki a au. Mēnā e hokona ana ki tētahi atu, kua kotahi mano tāra atu anō. Rangi: Tēnā rūkahu tēnā. Kaua e arohia atu ngā whakapatipati a tēnā kutu (HKK 1999:65). / Pare: Māminga (Deceitful) said that he reduced the price of his vehicle because he liked me. If he was selling it to someone else it would have been one thousand dollars more. Rangi: That's a load of rubbish. Don't take any notice of that vermin's smooth talk.
whakakakara
1. (verb) (-tia) to make fragrant with scent, put on perfume, flavour.
Otirā, ko ngā kai e tino huhua ana ki reira he paihi - arā, ko ngā karowi, ngā natimeke, me ngā kai pērā tonu - e hokona ana ki Nēpia nei anō, hei whakakakara mō roto i te parāoa pūtini nei (TWM 22/8/1863:3). / But the foods that are really abundant there are spices - namely caraway, nutmeg and similar food - which are sold here in Napier as flavouring in bread pudding.
2. (modifier) scented, perfumed, fragrant, aromatic, sweet smelling.
Kei reira te tini noa atu o ngā rākau whakakakara, me ngā rākau ātaahua (MM.TKM 1/1/1855:17). / There there were many plants of perfume and beauty.
Synonyms: kakara
3. (noun) perfume, scent, flavour, incense.
Ā ka puta mai ki a ia tētahi anahera a te Ariki e tū ana i te taha matau o te āta whakakakara (PT Ruka 1:11). / And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Synonyms: kakara, wai kakara, hinu kakara, hinu rautangi, piro, tīare, tīere
2. (modifier) sweet, tasty.
I ētahi wā e whakananua ana te hinu ika ki ētahi mea whakareka hei whakapai i te kainga (TPH 15/7/1901:1). / Sometimes the fish oil is mixed with something sweet to make it taste better.
3. (noun) sweetening, sweetener.
Kia rua ngā kapu miraka, kia kotahi tō te wai, ka kōhua me te whakareka (TP 5/1909:4). / Take two cups of milk to one cup of water and boil it with sweetening.
