2. (modifier) be slovenly, lazy, sloppy, slipshod, negligent, slapdash, unkempt.
He tangata hakirara, he kopakopa katoa ana kākahu, me te paruparu anō o te āhua (PK 2008:68). / A slovenly person whose clothes were wrinkled and appearance was dirty.
See also hakurara
Synonyms: tūpato kore, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, ngehe, makuku, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore, tō kumu, māikoiko, tūkeke, waimori, toupiore, mākoko
3. (modifier) be trifling, trivial, paltry, frivolous, insignificant, petty, unimportant, shallow.
He take hakirara tā rātou kia whakatauria. / They have a trivial matter to be settled.
Synonyms: pāpaku, ngākau pāpaku
4. (noun) ditty, light song.
Tokotoru ngā pepa nei, ko rātau tonu te mātāpuna mō te nuinga o ngā tuhinga a Kerei i roto i 'Ko nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori' (1853) (TTR 1990:277). / Three of these papers were the source of most of the prose material in Grey's writings in 'Ko nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori' (1853).
