puakaha
1. (verb) to be open, attentive, heedful, alert.
Ko tāku ki a rātou, "Kia matakana ngā kanohi, kia puakaha ngā taringa, kei ikiikitia noatia ō koutou reo i te wā tonu e kīia ana 'kei te pai noa iho mātou'." (HM 3/1993:7). / I said to them, "Be watchful and attentive lest your languages are just carried away at the very time it is said 'we are fine'."
Synonyms: marake, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, mawhera, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera
