popono
1. (verb) to covet, long for, desire, hanker after.
Oti, ka popono koutou ki ngā kota o Te Māhia? (W 1971:291). / Then you covet the sea shells from Te Māhia?
Synonyms: kaimomotu, kūata, kuika, kūwata, tōmina, kare, kuatau, pūkōnohinohi, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, tāmina, āmene, korou, pūkōnohinohi, warawara, wawata, wara, ohia, mānakonako
