whakaparahako
1. (verb) (-tia) to belittle, despise, malign, patronise, condescend, discriminate.
Ki te mea ka tukua he pukapuka whakahē mō te Kāwanatanga, ka whakaparahakotia e 'Te Waka Maori', ka mea mai taua nūpepa e kore e pānuitia e ia aua pukapuka (TWMNT 16/11/1875:273). / If articles were sent in criticising the Government, they were rejected by 'Te Waka Maori', which said it would not print those articles.
Synonyms: muhani, tūtara, whakakino, whakatūtūā, whakahahani, whakahariharitae, kehi, whakakinokino, muheni, whakatuohu, muhari
2. (modifier) disparaging, derogatory, pejorative, insulting, offensive, deprecating, belittling, discriminating.
Mehemea e hē ana te kupu whakaparahako he aha rā te kupu tika? (TTT 1/2/1926:347). / If the disparaging word is incorrect what then is the right word?
Synonyms: weriweri, kino, tukituki, maninohea, mataharehare, kerakera, mōrihariha, anuanu, harehare, piro, hākiki, kōkiri, whakaweriweri
3. (noun) disdain, condescension, disparagement, mocking, ridicule, derision, vilification, belittlement, discrimination.
I te 1 o Haratua i te tau 1979 ka tūmatakina atu te rōpū tauira Māori o He Tauā ki ētahi tauira Pākehā o te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki-makaurau mō tā rātou whakaparahako i te haka (Te Ara 2014). / On 1 May 1979 a Māori students’ group known as He Taua confronted engineering students at Auckland University for their mocking of the haka.
Synonyms: hangareka, whakarōriki, whakatakē, pūhohe, tāwai, whakahahani, whakareko, taunu, aniani, whakaiti, whakahīhī, whakamanumanu
