whakamānawa
1. (verb) (-tia) to bless, honour, venerate.
I whakaae anō hoki ia ki te takawai wai moana hei whakamānawa māna i te tūroro, hei hiki rānei i te tapu, mahue ana te wai māori ki rahaki (TTR 1998:50). / He accepted a flask of sea water, which he used in place of fresh water, to bless the patient and remove tapu.
2. (noun) tribute, honour, award, prize.
Nei a mahara ka hoki ki te marae o Kirikiriroa, ki te pō i whakawhiwhia atu ai e Te Taura Whiri tōna anō whakamānawa i te hunga pēnā i a koe nā kua eke nei ki ngā kōtihitihi o tō tāua reo me ōna āhuatanga (HM 1/1994:1). / My thoughts return to Kirikiriroa marae, to the night when the Māori Language Commission awarded its tribute to the people like you who have reached the pinnacle of fluency in our language.
Synonyms: matapopore, puiaki, paraihe
