pakara
1. (verb) to smack the lips (food appreciation).
He kai nā te tangata kē, he tītongi korokoro. Tēnā ko te tangata e kai ana i tāna ake kai, reka ana, pakara ana, pai ana, mākona ana (TKO 12/4/1918:6). / Food provided by another person merely tickles the palate. But a person eating his own food, that is tasty, making one smack one's lips, it is nice and it satisfies. (A whakataukī noting the satisfaction of producing one's own food.)
2. (noun) titillation.
Ka kotahi rau nei ngā tau mai i reira ki nāianei, mutu ai te pakara o te korokoro ki te kiko tangata (TTT 1/2/1930:1973). / It is one hundred years now since the time when the titillation of the palate with human flesh ended.
3. (noun) kōkako, Callaeas cinerea - a large, dark bluish-grey, rare forest bird of limited flight with a black facial mask, blue wattles (North Island), a short strongly arched bill, long black legs and a long tail. The South Island has orange wattles but is thought to be extinct. Personified in the following example.
