makau
1. (noun) favourite, object of affection, lover, spouse, wife, husband.
Ko tā rāua makau ko Pirihira Kātipa, ā, iwa noa iho tōna pakeke i tōna matenga mai i te tau 1939 (TTR 1996:52). / Their favourite was Pirihira Kātipa, and she died in 1939 when she was only nine.
Synonyms: māpihi maurea, kaitokomauri, tau, tahu, hoa tākunekune, whaiāipo, ipo, kairoro, tau o te ate
