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hāwareware

1. (stative) be full of saliva, drivelling, slimy.

Mehemea e āhua ngāwariwari ana, e āhua hāwareware ana kua pai, ka waiho anō i roto i te wharau tare ai (TW 5/2/1876:71). / If it's a little soft and slimy that's alright, it's left hanging in the shed.

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2. (noun) slime.

Hoki rawa mai ki te puta o tōna tuna, mau ana ko te hāwareware kau anake, kua riro te tuna (W 1971:43). / When finally returning to the eel's hole, all that could be caught was the slime, the eel had gone.

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3. (noun) saliva, spittle, spit.

Nui atu te whakarihariha i te tirohanga atu o te hāwareware o ngā māngai o Paipa rāua ko tōna teina ko Tupeka (KA 1/1/1862:25). / It's quite disgusting looking at the spittle of the mouths of Pipe and his younger brother Tobacco.

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Synonyms: wakea, ware, hāware, hūare, paraki, hūhare, hūware

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