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wahakawa

1. (adjective) be a fussy eater, having a distast for ordinary food - sometimes as two words, i.e. waha kawa.

Nā Hotunui au i ngare mai ki tētahi ika māna, he wahakawa nōna (NM 1928:118). / Hotunui sent me to fetch a fish for him, because he doesn't like ordinary food.

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2. (personal noun) fussy eater, person who doesn't like ordinary food.

Haere ana a Manawareka, noho ana a Wahakawa (TP 6/1908:7). / 'Well-pleased' goes off, 'Fussy-eater' remains. (A whakataukī for people who are never happy with the food they are given.)

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