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.
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.
2. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to warn off (by shouting).
Ka hāhāngia mai e te katoa, "Kaua koe e haere atu ki reira, ka tapu koe i te nohoanga o Tangotango." (NM 1928:43) / He was warned off by everybody, "Don't go there or you will become tapu from the place where Tangotango sits."
3. (stative) be savoury, luscious, tasty, appetizing, delicious, scrumptious.
Synonyms: wainene, hūnene, mōkarakara, kakato
4. (stative) be leaning, inclined, tilted, slanting, sloping.
Kia hāhā ngā tara o te whare (W 1971:29). / The walls of the house should be slanting.
5. (modifier) desolate, deserted, bleak, isolated.
He harapaki hāhā te wāhi i rohea mō taua urupā nei (TTR 1990:316). / The place marked off for that cemetery was a bleak hillside.
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.
whakawaiwai
1. (modifier) mouth-watering, delectable, delicious, tasty.
I te tau o te kūmara, whakapapatia atu ki runga i ngā pōhatu ngā kūmara pakupaku i te hukenga o te hāngi. I te maonga, kua whakamaroketia hai kao, ā, kātahi hoki te kai reka, whakawaiwai ko tēnei ko te kao (TTR 1998:206). / In the kūmara season, small kūmara were placed on the rocks in the hāngī after the food had been removed. When cooked they were dried producing kao, and how sweet and mouth-watering this kao was.
Synonyms: mōwaiwai
2. (noun) sweetness, tastiness, flavoursome.
Pau katoa tana pūrini – i pērā rawa te makue o taua kai. / She ate up all her desert – it was so tasty.
