hākiki
1. (verb) to be insulting, offensive, overbearing.
He mea hākiki ki a Te Puea te whakakāhoretanga a te kāwanatanga kia whakawāteatia a Korokī i te whakahau kia rēhita ia i raro i te Ture Penihana o 1938 (TTR 1996:48). / It was offensive to Te Puea that the government would not exempt Korokī from the necessity to register under the Social Security Act of 1938.
Synonyms: tuanui, whakatuanui, ngarengare, anuanu, mōrihariha, harehare, piro, kōkiri, whakaweriweri, weriweri, kino, tukituki, maninohea, whakaparahako, mataharehare, kerakera
2. (stative) be lazy, indolent.
Te hākiki kē o tēnā tangata ki te waiho mā tana wahine kē e whakatika te tuanui o tō rāua whare (PK 2008:67). / How lazy that man is to leave his wife to fix the roof of their house.
Synonyms: waimori, tūkeke, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, pakihore, tō kumu, mākoko, makuku, toupiore
3. (modifier) outrageous, insulting, offensive.
Kāore e makere i a au taku whakaaro hākiki mō ngā mahi a te Kāwanatanga mō tēnei take (Ng 1993:315). / I can't get over my feeling of outrage at the actions of the Government on this issue (Ng 1993:315).
Synonyms: rūtaki
