āhuaatua
1. (modifier) discourteous, rude, audacious, offensive.
Nō te taenga mai o Eleanor Roosevelt ki Te Whakarewarewa i te tau 1943, he mea pōwhiri tonu e Rangitīaria ki te hongi; i tērā wā, he mahi āhuaatua te hongi ki te Pākehā (TTR 1998:90). / When Eleanor Roosevelt's arrived at Whakarewarewa in 1943, Rangitīaria welcomed her with a hongi; at the time this traditional greeting was considered audacious by Pākehā.
2. (noun) discourtesy, rudeness, offensiveness.
Ko ētahi atu o ngā whenua i pōwhiritia kāore i taki puta ake nā runga anō i te raru i pā, i te āhuaatua i te kore noa iho nei e paku kī mai āe (HM 1/1997). / Some of the countries that were invited did not turn up because of problems that arose or because they did not have the courtesy to respond.
Synonyms: mōrihariha, whakaweriweri, weriweri, maninohea
