Results for 'māhaki'
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.
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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.
‖ haki.
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He wahine pai a Aria. He kakama, he pukumahi, ka mutu he ngākau māhaki.
Aria 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 Hera, he ngākau māhaki tōna.
Hera'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!
