ātaahua
1. (stative) be beautiful, handsome, pleasant, pretty, good-looking, gorgeous, lovely.
2. (modifier) beautiful, handsome, pleasant, pretty, good-looking, gorgeous, lovely.
Ahakoa koe he manu iti, otirā e rere ana koe i runga i ngā rākau ātaahua, teitei hoki noho mai ai (TKO 10/1913:3). / Although you are but a small bird you fly up to the beautiful, tall trees to perch.
3. (noun) beauty.
Ākuanei ia ka mea, ahakoa rite tō ātaahua ki tō te makipai, kāore koe e mōhio ki te waiata i tētahi rangi kotahi (Popi 1887:66). / Presently, he said that although your beauty is like a magpie’s, you do not know how to sing a single tune.
Synonyms: rerehua, waiwaiā, hūmārie, tau, hūmārire, ātanga, purotu
