koakoa
1. (stative) be glad, joyful, happy, elated.
Hoki rawa mai a Vicky mā, ka koakoa katoa rātou i te kite i te tuna kua mau i ahau (TWK37:14). /
Synonyms: manahau, matakuikui, whakakoakoa, tūrangahakoa, harikoa, hurō, harakoa, whakamanamana, takaahuareka, koa
2. (modifier) glad, joyful, happy, elated.
I te tuatahi tonu ka kite te Māori, ahakoa he tangata kaha, koakoa, ora ia i mua, otirā ināianei kua tīmata tōna āhua tūroro, kāore e kaha tōna tinana (HKW 1/4/1901:7). / The first thing that the Māori will see is that although he was once a strong, happy, healthy person, now his appearance of that of an invalid will have commenced and his body won't be strong.
3. (noun) happiness, joy, elation, euphoria, gladness, delight, joyfulness.
Ko tētahi tohu anō o te ora o te Māori ko te tokomaha o ngā kaumātua, ko ētahi he tino kaumātua rawa, otirā kāore i piko ngā tinana. Ahakoa kāhore i rite tō rātou kaha ki tō ngā taitamariki, ko tō rātou koakoa ia i rite tonu (TP 11/1906:7). / Another indicator of the health of the Māori is the large number of elders. Some are very elderly, but their bodies are not bent. Although their physical strength is not that of young people, their ebullience is their equal.
Synonyms: whāwhāpū, koa, manahau, manamanahau, koanga, tūrangahakoa, hari, harikoa, hurō, harakoakoa, whakamanamana, takaahuareka
