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whakamanamana

1. (verb) to rejoice, exult, glorify, boast, strut.

Kei te whakamanamana a Rewi, ānō nei ko ia te rangatira (PK 2008:21). / Dave is strutting as if he is the chief.

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Synonyms: whakahari


2. (modifier) rejoicing, celebratory, exulting, exultant, joyful.

Engari ko tēnei hei whakamanamananga mā te tangata whakamanamana, arā kua whai whakaaro ia, kua mōhio ki ahau, ko Ihowa, ahau (PT Heremaia 9:24). / But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord.

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Synonyms: whāwhāpū, koakoa, manahau, matakuikui, whakakoakoa, tūrangahakoa, harikoa, hurō, harakoa, takaahuareka, koa


3. (noun) rejoicing, joy, elation, jubilation, exultation, delight.

Ko tā mātou whakamanamana hoki ko tēnei, ko te whakaaetanga ake o tō mātou hinengaro, kei runga i te tapu, i te tapatahi o te Atua, ehara i te mea kei runga i to te kikokiko mōhio, engari i tō te Atua aroha noa, tā mātou whakahaere i te ao, ki a koutou rawa anō ia (PT 2Koroniti 1:12). / For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.

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Synonyms: koakoa, whāwhāpū, koa, manahau, manamanahau, koanga, tūrangahakoa, hari, harikoa, hurō, harakoakoa, takaahuareka

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