2. (modifier) adorning, beautifying, decorating, embellishing, enhancing.
Ko ngā kōrero o roto i te pukapuka nei nā te tohunga whakarāwai kupu nei, nā Witi Ihimaera (HM 1/1997:7). / The stories in this book are by the wordsmith, Witi Ihimaera.
3. (noun) adornment, enhancement, enrichment, decoration, ornamentation, embellishment.
Kua oti tana kauwae te whakarāwai ki te moko (PK 2008:1124). / The adornment of her chin with moko has been completed.
Synonyms: whakarākeitanga, whakanikoniko, whakaniko, whakarākai, whakarei, whakarākei, whakanakonako
