Ko ngā kupu e whai wairua ana i roto i te kōrero, i te tuhituhi rānei a te tangata. Arā, he kupu kawe i ōna kare ā-roto, i ngā whakaaro e pupū ake ana i tōna hinengaro.
The words a person uses which are embedded with feeling. The words which convey a person’s emotion and sentiment welling up in their mind.
He ātaahua ana kupu ihiihi, e tino rangona ana tana ngākaunui ki te kaupapa.
Ki hea whakaurua ai he kupu ihiihi ki tēnei rerenga kōrero e kare?
Mā te whakamahi kupu ihiihi e tino kūmea ai te kaipānui ki roto i te tuhinga.