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kakare

1. (verb) to be agitated, stirred.

Kakare kau nei te tau o taku ate (W 1971:100). / My emotions are stirred.

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2. (noun) agitation, stirring, turbulence.

E rangona atu ana anō ngā hoe a taua iwi nei e pakū ana ki te niao o te waka, me te kakare anō o te wai o te moana i ā rātou hoe (JPS 1894:29). / The paddles of that people knocking on the gunwales of the canoe, and the swish of the waters of the sea from the paddles, were heard.

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3. (noun) emotion, feeling, sentiment, passion.

Kāpā ianei kei te ohi anō, e tau te kakare te tau o te manawa (W 1971:100). / Were I in my youth again, emotion might stir my affections.

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Synonyms: awata, wana, ihiihi, hemonga

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