whakaari

From Proto-Polynesian *faka-qali (“show, reveal, disclose, expose”). Cognate with Hawaiian hoʻāli (“to signal, to wave”). By surface analysis, whaka- (causative prefix) +‎ ari (“be evident”).

whakaari (passive whakaaria or whakaarihia or whakaaritia)

1. to expose, to display
2. to act, to perform

• kaiwhakaari (“performer”)
• Te Puia Whakaari (“Whakaari”)

whakaari

1. drama, play, program
2. acting, performance

• whakaari pūoru (“opera”)

whakaari (passive whakaaria)

1. to nominate, to propose

• whakaaringa (“nomination”)

• “whakaari” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.