2. (modifier) modest, self-effacing, unassuming, unpretentious, reserved.
Nā Te Heuheu i whakaata te momo mau ake i te mana Māori tūturu, inarā, ko ia nei te tangata mārie, whakamōwai, hei aha māna te pākiwaha (TTR 2000:217). / Te Heuheu epitomised the type of person who had authentic Māori mana because he was a quiet and unassuming person, rather than being a braggart.
Synonyms: nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, memeke, rāhui, tāpui, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, konekone
