2. (modifier) touching, plaintive, mournful, nostalgic, melancholy, romantic.
Nā āna waiata whakaingoingo o muri nei i whakaatu tōna aroha ki tana whaiāipo (TTR 1994:93). / Her later romantic songs revealed her love for her sweetheart.
Synonyms: kaimōhū, ruku popoi, matapōuri, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri, pōuri, taukuri, tīkapa, whakahiatangi
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