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ware

1. (verb) to forget.


2. (modifier) thoughtlessly, carelessly, off one's guard.

Ā, piki ware noa a Karihi; i a Tāwhaki ngā karakia (Tr 1874:44). / Karihi just climbed up thoughtlessly, but Tāwhaki said the karakia.

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3. (modifier) lowly, low in social position, mean.

Ka whakapikoa anō hoki te tangata ware (PT Ihaia 5:15). / And the mean man shall be brought down.

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Synonyms: kaihākere, tūtūā, hākere, matamau, matapiko, toharite


4. (modifier) in ignorance, ignorantly.

Haere ware atu te taua a Taraia, ko Ngāti Hauā e noho ana i Waiharakeke (JPS 1990:129). / Taraia's war party went in ignorance that Ngāti Hauā were living at Waiharakeke.

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5. (noun) commoner, low-born, nobody.

Ka titiro mākutu atu a Te Rauparaha anō nei he ware noa a Te Whiwhi (TTR 1990:345). / Te Rauparaha stared at Te Whiwhi as if he was just a nobody.

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Synonyms: mahimahi, tūtūā, atuapo, pākorehā, kore noa iho, kāore he tangata

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