1. (noun) taste, savour, flavour, smell.
Kore i roa te rongo o Airini i te konakona o tana whakakaitoa ina raru nei i a ia a Gertrude Meinertzhagen, nō te mea, nō te 7 o Hune 1909 ka hemo mai a Airini ki Ōtātara (TTR 1994:17). / Airini did not savour her revenge over Gertrude Meinertzhagen because Airini died on 7 June 1909 at Ōtātara.
Synonyms: mōkarakara
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