2. (modifier) haughty, conceited, arrogant, self-important, smug, stuck-up, snobbish.
Ko rāua mārire hoki ngā tāngata pākiwaha i kōrero whakakake noa, rūpahu noa (TWMNT 21/5/1879:422). / And they are the boastful people who spoke with assumed superiority and deceit.
Synonyms: whakaī
3. (noun) pride, self-importance, superiority.
Kua rongo tātou ki te whakakake o Moapa; nui atu tōna whakakake; ki tōna whakapehapeha, ki tōna whakakake, ki tōna pukuriri (PT Ihaia 16:6). / We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath.
