whakahara
1. (verb) to become large, corpulent, stout, portly.
Ka kōkau te tipu, ka rahirahi, ka ngāwari te waitohu o tēnā wahine hapū. Ka takapū te tipu o te wahine, ka whakahara, ka uaua anō tēnā āhua wahine ki te waitohu (JPS 1929:262). / If of slim, lean build then the signs of such a pregnant woman are easily noted. If the woman's build is stout and corpulent then again it is difficult to judge.
Synonyms: takapū
2. (modifier) large, vast, huge, giant, enormous, immense.
Ko ngā moana whakahara e rima o te ao nei (KO 15/3/1884:6). / The five great oceans of the world.
Synonyms: matarahi, rarahi, katete, korahi, tetere, matararahi, mātua, nunui, mokorahi, pūhetī, kaitā, kūpara, mokorarahi, rahi, pūwharu, whakatikotiko, pūharu, pūwheti, tuangea, ruarangi, nui, hira, mātuatua
3. (noun) vastness, enormity, extensiveness, immensity.
Ko ngā Māori anake kua tae atu ki Ingarangi, e mōhio ki te whakahara, ki te ātaahua o ngā ritenga i meatia rā, hei whakahōnore mō te tama mātāmua o te Kuīni, te Piriniha o Wāra, rāua ko tana tahu marutuna (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:1). / Only Māori who have visited England would know of the vastness and splendour of the ceremonies to honour the Queen's eldest son, the Prince of Wales, and his sophisticated wife.
