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māhaki - calm; quiet

mahaki - sick; sick person

Māhaki. 1. a. Mild, meek. He tangata mahaki.

2. Calm, quiet. Kua mahaki noa iho te tuatea o te moana (T. 183).

3. Self-possessed. Kia toka kia toka, kia mahaki marire te taua nei (M. 277).

4. Reduce, lessen. Kia takoto te papakiri mata o te kahikatea hei taupoki mo te ahi tupopoto ina hiahiatia kia mahaki te mahana o roto o taua whare kowhanga.

Williams Dictionary

Mahaki. 1. n. Cutaneous disease.

2. Sick man, invalid. Ina mate te tupapaku ka whakatakotoria te ara ki runga i taua mahaki (M. lxxvii).

3. a. Sick, ill.

4. Loose. Kia mahaki ra ano te kauae o Poua, ka riro ai te whenua.

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Williams Dictionary

He wahine pai a Moana. He kakama, he pukumahi, ka mutu he ngākau māhaki.
Moana is a good woman. She's clever, hardworking, and also/moreover she is gentle-hearted.
and also, moreover - ...ka mutu

He pērā te āhua o Rangi, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Rangi's nature is like that, he has a kind heart.
Like this, like that - pēnei, pēna, pēra

He tangata māhaki taku hungawai.
My father-in-law is a humble man.

He tangata māhaki, he tangata marae hoki.
He is a humble person, and a person of the marae.

He tangata mahaki ia.
He's a mild mannered person.

Ka ngākau mahaki!
Be kind hearted!

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