kōtua
1. (noun) token of respect, respect, regard, esteem.
Kua ngaro kē ētahi. Engari ka riro mai te kōtua o ngā Pākehā, ā, mō ngā tau e haere ake nei ka kore e pērā rawa te pāhekeheke o te noho o te iwi Māori hei wāhanga manaakitia o Aotearoa (OTM Whai Muri i Te Pakanga). / We have lost a few already. But we will gain the respect of the Pākehā and the future of our race as a component and respected part of the New Zealand people will be less precarious.
Synonyms: whakarangatira, whakangākau, ngākau whakaute, whakaute, whakamiha, maruwehi, kauanuanu, rāhiri
