kaimomotu
1. (verb) to yearn deeply, long for, crave.
Koinā tāu nā ōhākī mai ki te rangatahi e kaimomotu nei ki tō tātou reo (HM 1/1994:1). / That is your bequest to the younger generation who long for our language.
Synonyms: kūata, kuika, kūwata, tōmina, kare, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, tāmina, āmene, korou, popono, pūkōnohinohi, warawara, wawata, wara, ohia, mānakonako
