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hīkaka - to be rash, brisk, eager; excited.

Hikaka. 1. a. Rash, brisk. Kaua e hikakatia to haere.—Hikaka te haere ki runga Taikoria (M. 205).

2. Incensed, malicious. Kia wareware noa to ratou ngakau hikaka ki a tatou.

3. n. Anger, resentment. Na aua kupu nei i kawe te hikaka a te hunga taitamariki ra (W. iv. 113).

4. v.t. Incite. E, na te mahara i hikaka ki te whakahou i ana mahi (M. 244). Hikaka te ihu, show scorn. Hikakatia ra te more o to ihu (M. 229).

Williams Dictionary

reira, āe, hikaka te ngākau ki te tiaki, ki te poipoi i a koutou.
Therefore, yes, the heart is eager to care for and to nurture you all.

#81: What has happened to cause you to cry now?
#8: I'm tired
#75: The family are eating at the beach
#79: I went to the shop in order to buy food
#152: Kātahi anō au kua tae mai. I have just arrived (or I have arrived at last, or I have arrived for the first time).
#11: I am hungry and tired
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