whakahī
1. (verb) to be proud.
I te wā i rongo nei ia i te rōpū whakatangitangi o te motu e whakatangi mai ana i tana waiata, i a ‘Blue smoke’, me tana rongo anō i taua waiata e waiatatia mai ana i te reo Māori i runga i te reo irirangi, i tino whakahī rawa atu nei ia (TTR 2000:98). / The time when he heard the National Orchestra playing his song ‘Blue smoke’, and when he heard that song being sung in Māori on the radio, he was extremely proud.
Synonyms: kia ara te ua, karatete, whakahīhī, poho kererū
2. (modifier) proud, prominent, prestigious, impressive, important.
Nā te ariki o Tūwharetoa, nā Horonuku Te Heuheu, i tuku ngā maunga whakahī a Tongariro, a Ngāuruhoe me Ruapehu ki te kāwanatanga (Te Ara 2015). / The paramount chief of Tūwharetoa, Horonuku Te Heuheu, gifted the prestigious mountains Tongariro, Ngāuruhoe and Ruapehu to the government.
Synonyms: whakaea, whakarae, kōhure, hōhō, ahurei, tutū, matararahi, koutu, tāpua, koure
3. (noun) pride.
Hei te tuarua ēnei o ngā whakatupuranga tāngata hononga pai, ka mau kē te whakahī ki tō rātau pono ki te Karauna, tuarā hoki i te Hāhi Mihingare (TTR 2000:59). / They were the second generation of well-connected men, who took pride in their loyalty to the Crown and their support of the Anglican church.
