2. (loan) (noun) brain, mind - a colloquial figurative use.
Ki te āta whakaarohia e koe, e te tangata koi te pīnati, he aha i kore ai i rite ki te tamariki, ki te mokopuna? (Kāretu 2015). / If you, as someone with a sharp mind, think carefully about it, why is it not like children and grandchildren.
Synonyms: ngākau, whatumanawa, hinengaro, hirikapo, ihomatua
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