hāmama
1. (verb) to shout, yell, open the mouth - as with other words for shouting, it is the mouth, rather than the person that does the action.
Tekau māero ki te raki o Makōura ka ohorere, ka hāmama te waha i te kitenga atu i te tini, i te mano o te tangata (TTR 1990:86). / Ten miles north of Makōura, so great was his surprise that his mouth dropped open when he saw the thousands of men.
Synonyms: whakahāmama, hō, ōi, tīwaha, hauma, hāparangi, haute, umere, karanga
2. (verb) to be open (of the mouth), gaping.
Ko te taniwha kua hāmama haere mai te waha, kua whētero mai te arero (NM 1928:128). / The taniwha had its mouth gaping as it came and the tongue poking out.
3. (verb) to be vacant, empty, exempt.
Kei hea te wāhi o te ao i hāmama i te raru? (W 1971:33). / Where is there a place in the world that has been exempt from trouble?
4. (noun) shouting, yelling.
Ko Tame Teira, mema mō Ōtautahi, te tangata i tino toa ki te tū ki te Pirimia, i mea ia, 'Anō te hāmama a te Pirimia, he pūru kua tū.' (TP 11/1903:5) / Tom Taylor, member for Christchurch, was the person who was daring enough to stand up to the Prime Minister and he said, 'Behold the shouting of the Prime Minister, like a wounded bull.'
