pakari
1. (verb) to be mature, ripe, strong, hard, strapping, muscular, well-built, sturdy, robust.
Ka tae ki te wā kua pakari a Iratūmoana, ka rongo mō Tarakura, kotahi atu ka patua te taniwha rā (EM 2002:83). / The time arrived that Iratūmoana had matured and when he heard about Tarakura, he went straight off and killed that taniwha.
Synonyms: ruarangi, tōtōpū, whakapūioio, hiwa, maonga, maoka, maoa, tuakaka, pūioio, kōpaka, mārōrō, pakaua, whakapakeke, koeke, taikaumātua, tūpakeke, whatutoto, taipakeke, pakeke, pāhake
2. (modifier) mature, ripe, strong, hard, strapping, muscular, well-built, sturdy, robust.
He tangata nui, pakari te tipu, he ātaahua (HP 1991:24). / He was a big man of solid build and was handsome.
3. (noun) maturity, toughness.
Kite rawa hoki a Te Koreneho i te pakari, i te ātaahua o Karaitiana, me te pai hoki o tana pānui i te Paipera Tapu i te reo Māori (TTR 1990:223). / Colenso saw the maturity and how handsome Karaitiana was, and his fluency in reading the Bible in Māori.
Synonyms: poutūmārōtanga, pakeke, poutūmārō
