whakakanapa
1. (verb) to shine, polish, buff.
Pau atu ngā moni i ngā whakapaipai, kore ana mō ngā kākahu pai, mārōrō nei, mō ētahi mea hoki mō roto i te whare, mō ērā atu mea hoki hei horoi, hei whakakanapa, kia āhua pai ai te whare me ngā mea o roto (TWMNT 18/6/1873:62). / The money is used up on the decorations, not for good clothes, furniture, for household equipment or for those things to clean and polish so that the house and the furnishings are nice.
Synonyms: whakapai ake, whakapīratarata, waku, wakuwaku, whakamahine, pani, whakamaheni, whakapīata, whakapīrata, pārihi, parakena, aumiri
2. (verb) (-tia) to enlighten.
