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rerehua

1. (verb) to be pleasant to the sight, fancy, aesthetically pleasing, appealing.

Ka kīia tonu ia he ringarapa ki te atamira, kāore anō ana nekeneke kia rerehua (RMR 2017). / She is said to be an amateur on the stage, her movements are not yet aesthetically pleasing.

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2. (modifier) pleasant to the sight, fancy, aesthetically pleasing, appealing.

I te ekenga atu o ōna tau ki te rua tekau i tīmata ai tana mahi patu piana i ngā kanikani o te wā kāinga, me ērā o ngā kura, tae atu ki ngā kanikani mau kaka rerehua (TTR 2000:191). / When she reached twenty she began playing the piano at local and school dances and fancy dress balls.

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3. (noun) beauty.

Ahakoa tōna rerehua me tana pai hei taonga whai kiko, kei runga rawa ake tōna nui (Te Ara 2013). / Despite its beauty and physical properties its value transcends that.

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Synonyms: purotu, waiwaiā, ātaahua, hūmārie, tau, hūmārire, ātanga


4. (noun) aesthetic.

He rerekē te rerehua o tētahi mahinga toi ki te titiro a tēnā tangata, a tēnā tangata (RTA 2014:152). / Each person's view of the aesthetics of an artwork will be different.

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