2. (verb) (-tia) to desire, long for, wish for.
Kei te āmene te ngākau ki te whai atu i tana whaiāipo kua rere ki tāwāhi (PK 2008:15). / He wants to follow his lover who has fled overseas.
Synonyms: kaimomotu, kūata, kuika, kūwata, tōmina, kare, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, tāmina, korou, popono, pūkōnohinohi, warawara, wawata, wara, ohia, mānakonako
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