whakamaumahara
1. (verb) (-tia) to remember, recall, recollect, reminisce, memorise.
Ko te kara uniana ka tukua atu nei hei tohu tūturu mō te piripono o Ngāti Porou ki te Kāwanatanga. Ko te kara tuatahi i hoatu e te Kāwanatanga hei whakamaumahara ki ngā rangatira o Ngāti Porou kua mate i raro i te hāpainga i te mana o te Kuīni (HKW 1/3/1901:5). / The Union Jack was presented as a symbol of Ngāti Porou's loyalty to the Government. It was the first flag given by the Government to remember the chiefs of Ngāti Porou who have died in upholding the authority of the Queen.
Synonyms: maumahara, whakamahara, mahara, manatu
2. (modifier) memorial, commemorative.
E ai ki ngā kōrero kei runga i tana pōhatu whakamaumahara i Pāpāwai, nō te 25 o Hepetema 1840 i whānau ai a Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku (TTR 1994:45). / According to what it says on his memorial stone at Pāpāwai, Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku was born on 25 September 1840.
Synonyms: whakamahara, whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga, maumaharatanga
3. (noun) reminder, memorial.
He whakamaumahara tēnei i te tangata, ahakoa te iti o tētahi mea, ā tōna wā ka nui tōna awe (Te Ara 2014). / This reminds people that no matter how small something is, in time it can have a big impact.
Synonyms: whakamahara, manatu
