matawara
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to desire, want, wish for, aspire.
Ehara tēnei kura i te ōhanga, ehara hoki i te kura whakaparirau noa, engari ia he pae huarewa hei whakahauora, hei whakangungu i te manu kua mārō kē ngā parirau, e matawara ana ki ngā rongohua tīkokekoke o te ao kōrero Māori (HM 2/1994:4). / This school is not a nest for beginners, and it's not a school for fledglings to enable them to fly, but it's an upper level to refresh, to strengthen the bird that already has strong wings wanting the lofty perches of the Māori speaking world.
2. (noun) desire, wish, need, want, aspiration.
He matawara nōku ki te whānau tamariki (M 2006:456). / Because I had a desire to bear children.
