Hākari. 1. n. Gift, present.
2. Entertainment, feast. Ka tukua te hakari a nga iwi a Tuhuke (W. v, 23).
3. High wooden framework on which food was placed at a feast (Tr. xiii, 13).
4. Roe of a fish.
5. Yolk of an egg.
6. Paphia intermedia and Dosinia subrosea, bivalve molluscs.
7. v.t. Adorn, dress the hair. Kia hakaritia te mahunga, katahi ka tau tena ingoa Te Koukou.—Katahi ka tahuri te tangata ra, a Kahu, ki te hakari i tana tamahine.
whakahakari, v.i. Become roe. Koia ano tenei e whakahakari nei i roto i te mango (I. 34).
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