kakawa
1. (verb) to be harsh, severe, bitter, critical.
Heoi, kakawa ana ngā whakahē a ngā mema Māori o te Whare Pāremata i a ia e tautāwhi kē mai ana rātou i te Kotahitanga, arā, i te kaupapa pāremata Māori (TTR 1994:11). / However, criticisms from the Māori members of Parliament who supported Te Kotahitanga, or the Māori parliament movement, were harsh.
2. (verb) to perspire.
3. (noun) perspiration, sweat.
Ko te tino tangata ko te tangata e pahuhu ana i ngā ringaringa o tōna hāte, e mahi ana i te tīkākātanga o te rā, e maringi nei te kakawa i tōna mata, ko te tino rangatira tēnei (TP 4/1908:8). / An important person is the one who slips up the sleeves of his shit and works in the heat of the sun and the perspiration pores from his face, this is a chief of status.
