takawhita
1. (verb) to be thrown into disorder, anxious.
Hohoro tonu te huti i ngā punga o ngā waka. Ehara, kua eke, takawhita rawa ake ngā waka o te tangata rā, e haere mai ana te hau (TP 6/1909:4). / They quickly raised the anchors of the canoes. Sure enough, the canoes of that man were thrown into disorder and the the wind was coming.
2. (verb) to be eager, keen.
E takawhita ana a Mōkena kia hauraro ngā Hauhau o Ngāti Porou i reira (TTR 1990:39). / Mōkena was keen for the Hauhau of Ngāti Porou to surrender there.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, tūkari, ngākau whakapuke, kaikaha, kama, mōhukihuki, rikarika, kamakama, ihupuku, matangareka, kōkeko, hīkaka, ngākau whiwhita, ngākaunui
