makuku
1. (adjective) be lazy, idle, slothful, indolent, inactive.
He makuku tā rāua tamāhine, ā, ka noho noa iho ia i te kāinga mātakitaki pouaka whakaata ai mai i te ata tae noa mai ki waenganui pō. / Their daughter is indolent and just sits at home watching television from morning until midnight.
See also māngere
Synonyms: tūkeke, waimori, toupiore, mākoko, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore, tō kumu
2. (noun) pleasantness, friendliness, affability, congeniality.
Nā te makuku o ngā kōrero a te kaumātua, ka pakipaki mai te whakaminenga i te mutunga o tana kauhau. / Because the elder's talk was so pleasant, the audience clapped at the end of his lecture.
Synonyms: whakarekareka
