ngākaupai
1. (modifier) positively disposed towards, favourably disposed towards, faithful, upright, virtuous, good hearted, positive - sometimes written as two words, ngākau pai.
He tangata ngākaupai a Tāmati, whakaaro tika, tino rangatira (JPS 1946:226). / Tāmati was an upright man of strong moral fibre and very much a chief.
2. (noun) uprightness, good heart, virtue, righteousness, goodness.
Koia mātou i pai ai kia kaua rawa tētahi tangata, ahakoa rangatira, kūare rānei, e haere i runga i taua ritenga tūtūā; kia whākina hoki te ngākaupai o tēnei rangatira, o Tīmoti Pūhipi (TWMNT 25/5/1875:108). / That's why we trust that no man, whether chief or someone ignorant, will follow this lowly practice; and the uprightness of this chief, Tīmoti Pūhipi, will be revealed.
