kare
1. (verb) (-a) to long for, desire ardently.
Kātahi te wahine nei ka tino mōhio ko taua tangata nei tēnei, ko Tauira, ko te mea e karea nei e roto o tōna ngākau (W 1971:100). / Then this woman really knew that this was the man, Tauira, the one that her heart desired ardently.
See also kare ā-roto
Synonyms: kūata, kuika, kūwata, tōmina, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, kaimomotu, āmene, korou, popono, pūkōnohinohi, warawara, wawata, wara, ohia, mānakonako, tāmina
2. (verb) (-a) to whip (a spinning top).
Ka haere atu aua tamariki ki te kare haere i ā rāua pōtaka (W 1971:100). / Those two children went off to whip their spinning tops.
3. (noun) ripple, surface (of the sea).
Hei whakamīharo mā ngā tauiwi te rā e puta ake ana i te rāwhiti, kōrekoreko ana a runga i te kare o te moana i ōna hihi kanapa (KO 15/5/1884:8). / The sun rising in the east is something foreigners admire, sparkling on the surface of the ocean with its bright rays.
Synonyms: pōkarekare
4. (noun) lash (of a whip), whip for a spinning top.
Ka papā te kare o te wepu ki runga i te tuarā o ngā kau (PK 2008:220). / The lash of the whip resounded above the backs of the cows.
