2. (modifier) thoughtlessly, carelessly, off one's guard.
Ā, piki ware noa a Karihi; i a Tāwhaki ngā karakia (Tr 1874:44). / Karihi just climbed up thoughtlessly, but Tāwhaki said the karakia.
3. (modifier) lowly, low in social position, mean.
Ka whakapikoa anō hoki te tangata ware (PT Ihaia 5:15). / And the mean man shall be brought down.
4. (modifier) in ignorance, ignorantly.
Haere ware atu te taua a Taraia, ko Ngāti Hauā e noho ana i Waiharakeke (JPS 1990:129). / Taraia's war party went in ignorance that Ngāti Hauā were living at Waiharakeke.
5. (noun) commoner, low-born, nobody.
Ka titiro mākutu atu a Te Rauparaha anō nei he ware noa a Te Whiwhi (TTR 1990:345). / Te Rauparaha stared at Te Whiwhi as if he was just a nobody.
Synonyms: mahimahi, tūtūā, atuapo, pākorehā, kore noa iho, kāore he tangata
ware
1. (noun) spittle, saliva, viscous fluid.
Ka haurangi te tangata, ka whero ngā kanohi, ka pāhuka te waha, ka heke te ware, ka turituri, ka kōrero kino, ka ngengere, ka haunga, ka whakahī (TTT 1/10/1924:118). / When a person becomes drunk the eyes are red, he froths at the mouth, saliva flows, he is loud, he says bad things, he growls, is smelly and he sneers.
See also hūare
Synonyms: wakea, hāware, hāwareware, hūare, paraki, hūhare, hūware
