Te Reo Matatini

kupu whakamauru

euphemism

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He kupu whakamāmā i te tikanga taikaha o tētahi mea. He kupu huatau rānei mō tētahi mea kāore e pai ana ki ō te tangata whakaaro.

A word which softens something harsh. A more polite or elegant word for something which might be considered unpleasant.

Tauira KŌrero

Kei a ia mō te whakamahi kupu whakamauru.

Ahakoa tana kimikimi, tē kitea he kupu whakamauru.

Pānuihia te tuhinga nei, ka tautohu ai i ngā kupu whakamauru o roto.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Hei tauira o te kupu whakamauru:

  • Ko te ‘moe tahi’ mō te kaikaiātara.
  • Ko te ‘tautohe’ mō te whawhai.
  • Ko te ‘mino’ mō te kaiā me te whānako.

Ko te tauaro o te kupu whakamauru, ko te kupu whakatara, arā, he anuanu, he taikaha, he kino rānei ki ō te tangata whakaaro. Hei tauira:

kupu whakamaurukupu whakatara
moe tahikaikaiātara
tautohewhawhai
minokaiā
mate hinengaromate porowairangi
whaikahahauā

Takenga Mai

whakamauru - placatory, appeasing

KUPU KĒ ATU

kupu whakangāwari

Tauira KŌrero

Kei a ia mō te whakamahi kupu whakamauru.

Ahakoa tana kimikimi, tē kitea he kupu whakamauru.

Pānuihia te tuhinga nei, ka tautohu ai i ngā kupu whakamauru o roto.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga