parakena
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to polish, shine.
E rua ngā rā i ia wiki, i ia wiki, ka mahi tahi hoki ia me rātou, arā, he parakena hū, he pūpuri hōiho, he tahi i ngā tiriti (TP 4/1908:6). / Two days a week, he worked along side them, that is, shining shoes, holding horses and sweeping the streets.
Synonyms: whakapai ake, whakapīratarata, waku, wakuwaku, whakamahine, pani, whakamaheni, whakakanapa, whakapīata, whakapīrata, pārihi, aumiri, tīrama, pīata, titi, tore, titiwha, whakahīnātore, whakakōpura, aho, kōpura, kōrapu, iraira, tīaho, hahana, kōwatawata, kohara, hana, kōtamutamu, tīramarama, tōwahiwahi, tōwāwahi
2. (loan) (noun) polish.
E tama, kei te hiahia parakena ō hū! / Son, your shoes could do with some polish!
