manahau
1. (verb) to be cheerful, elated, exultant, triumphant, delighted, ecstatic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, happy, stoked.
I pai rawa te tāinga kawa o tētahi whare Māori i Whangaehu, i mua tata ake nei. He nui ngā wāhine me ā rātou tāne, ngahau ana, manahau ana te katoa (TWMNT 23/8/1879:515). / Before that, the ceremonial dedication of the Māori house at Whangaehu was excellent. The many women with their men were entertaining and everybody was ecstatic.
2. (verb) to be brisk, active.
Mō ngā 15 tau i muri mai i manahau tonu tōna kōkā, a Riperata, ki te puri i ō rātau toenga whenua, me te whakakaha anō i te waiora me ngā tikanga noho a te iwi (TTR 1996:18). / Over the next 15 years her mother, Riperata, was active in retaining her people's remaining lands and in reviving tribal life.
3. (modifier) cheerful, elated, exultant, triumphant, delighted, ecstatic, euphoric, excited, exhilarated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant, overjoyed, happy.
Kīhai i roa kua kite aua tāngata, i a rātou e whakaware ana ki te mahi, kua mahea ngā kapua pōuri i tukupū ki runga ki ō rātou whakaaro, kua hoki mai te ngākau manahau me te tūmanako ki te ora (TWMNT 9/3/1875:52). / It wasn't long those people saw them busy working and the dark clouds that had enveloped their thoughts cleared and the cheerful heart returned with the wish to live.
Synonyms: koakoa, matakuikui, whakakoakoa, tūrangahakoa, harikoa, hurō, harakoa, whakamanamana, takaahuareka, koa, rekareka
4. (noun) cheerfulness, elation, triumph, delight, ecstasy, euphoria, excitement, exhilaration, gleefulness, joy, jubilation.
Tū tonu ia i runga i te tatari mō te putanga mai o te tahu, tū ana ia i runga i tōna marutunatanga, i runga i tōna manahau, i te rangatiratanga whakahira, he uri hoki nō nunui mā (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:3). / He stood, and awaited the appearance of the bride with his imposing bearing and elation became of his illustrious birth and exalted station.
Synonyms: koakoa, takaahuareka, whāwhāpū, koa, manamanahau, koanga, tūrangahakoa, hari, harikoa, hurō, harakoakoa, whakamanamana
