whakawaiwai
1. (modifier) mouth-watering, delectable, delicious, tasty.
I te tau o te kūmara, whakapapatia atu ki runga i ngā pōhatu ngā kūmara pakupaku i te hukenga o te hāngi. I te maonga, kua whakamaroketia hai kao, ā, kātahi hoki te kai reka, whakawaiwai ko tēnei ko te kao (TTR 1998:206). / In the kūmara season, small kūmara were placed on the rocks in the hāngī after the food had been removed. When cooked they were dried producing kao, and how sweet and mouth-watering this kao was.
Synonyms: mōwaiwai