Ko te whakamāramatanga papakupu o te kupu "maamaa" ko:

he kupu kupu:

1. he tere te mohio; he mohio.
2. he pai te whakapaipai, he huatau te ahua.
3. e whakaatu ana, e whakaatu ana ranei i te mohio, te whakaaro tere, te whai rawa ranei.
4. e puta ai te mamae koi, te mamae.< /li>
5. (o te hangarau) i hangaia kia pai, kia whai hua hoki ki te mahi.
6. (British informal) tino ma me te whakapaipai.

verb:

1. ka rongo i te mamae koi, te ngau kino.
2. hei puna o te mamae koi, te mamae.

noun:

1. he mamae ngau kino.

Synonyms

Sentence Examples

1. Her thick dark hair was swept in a high ponytail and she wore a smart shirt and trousers which looked odd on her.

2. To my surprise, TB steps out of the bathroom dressed in new jeans and a smart button-down shirt, his thick head of hair nicely combed back.

3. He takes pleasure in the view of the mountains, the palm trees, the smart white houses with their flat roofs and ancient wooden doors and shutters the same shade of green, the vacant lots filled with wild flowers, the occasional ruin.

4. Because we both had smart mouths, we spent a lot of time scrubbing toilets and doing pushups side by side after getting snippy with superior officers.

5. My smart mouth and willingness to fight made me blend in easily, exactly what I wanted.

6. Somehow, I had to draw him in closer, but he was smart.

7. She was probably smart enough to leave town and head to a military checkpoint, wherever that was.

8. If Harry was smart during the run then he could get James, Sam and Meg to the town hall safely.

9. People once considered smart were now walking into walls and gazing moronically at the crows and seagulls that swooned overhead.

10. How impossible life must have been without a smart phone and a constant fast Internet connection.