hahaki
1. (modifier) ostentatious, flamboyant, dashing, vain, brash, flashy, grandiose, showy, swanky.
Kātahi nei te wahine hahaki ko Uru. E rua hāora e whakapaipai ana i a ia ia ata (PK 2008:64). / What a vain woman Uru is. She spends two hours each day beautifying herslf.
Synonyms: whakameremere
2. (noun) ostentatiousness, flamboyance, dash, vanity, brashness, flashiness.
Nā te wairua whakakatakata me te hahaki o tōna āhua a Hākaraia Pāhewa i whakamaumaharatia ai e rātou i tūtaki ki a ia (TTR 1996:117). / Because of Hakaraia Pahewa's sense of humour and flamboyance he was remembered by all of those who met him.
