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kakara

1. (stative) be aromatic, fragrant, sweet-smelling, nice-smelling, scented.

E kī ana tētehi kōrero, i moe iho a Kupe i te pō ka kite i te atua, i a Io, ka tohutohungia mai ki a ia me whiti mai ia i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te whenua tērā e whakakitea ki a ia 'he whenua e tauria ana e te kohurangi, he whenua mākūkū, e kakara ana te oneone, kei Tiritiri-o-te-moana e tau ana' (NIT 1995:13). / One narrative says that Kupe was asleep one night when he saw the atua, Io, who instructed him to cross the Pacific Ocean to the land that would be revealed to him, 'a land covered by mist, a damp land with fragrant soil, lying at Tiritiri-o-te-moana'.

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Synonyms: whakakakara


2. (noun) fragrant smell, scent, fragrance, aroma, bouquet, perfume.

Ko te tohu a Tūrongo ko te pai o te kakara o te hinu raukawa, pania ai e Māhina-a-rangi ki a ia, ka haere ai ki te tūtaki ki a Tūrongo (NIT 1995:71). / Tūrongo's clue was the attractive perfume of raukawa oil that Māhina-a-rangi put on herself when she went to meet Tūrongo.

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Synonyms: whakakakara, wai kakara, hinu kakara, hinu rautangi, piro, tīare, tīere

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