hauwarea
1. (verb) to be of little account, insignificant, cursory, inconsequential, unimportant.
Ruarua noa nei ngā pukapuka tuku i whakamāorihia kia mārama ai ngā kaihoko; ko ngā roherohenga i hauwarea noa iho te tohungia (TTR 1990:368). / Few deeds were translated into Māori so that the sellers understood;, boundaries were stated in a quite cursory fashion.
2. (modifier) of no account, trivial, insignificant, inconsequential, unimportant, common.
Mā te tamaiti kaiū e whakautu tēnā pātai hauwarea (TP 1/4/1899:5). / An infant can answer that trivial question.
Synonyms: taitāhae, hangahanga, kotokoto, hauarea, hanganoa
3. (modifier) thin, lean.
He manu hauwarea noa te pākura (pūkeko ki ētahi) (TTT 1/9/1927:657). / The swamp hen (called a pūkeko by some) is a lean bird.
See also hauarea
Synonyms: whīroki, wharara, whīrokiroki, hīroki, tūai, tūoi, tūpuhipuhi, kōhoi, hirinaki, pāhehaheha, paparewa, tokoroa, pirohea, taiuru, whirinaki, honga, tūpuhi, taramore, tītaha, whāiti
4. (noun) weakness, frailty, feebleness.
I whakamihi ia mō te pai o te whakatupu o ngā tamariki Māori, ā, i whai kupu te hauwarea me te hīroki o nga tamariki Pākehā (TKO 30/6/1919:6). / He acknowledged the healthy growth of Māori children and spoke about how weak and skinny Pākehā children were.
