mate ā-hinengaro
1. (noun) mentally ill.
E ai ki te whakaaro o Rina, me manako e te hapori ngā tāngata mate ā-hinengaro (TTR 2000:124) / Rina was convinced that the mentally ill needed to be accepted by the community.
Synonyms: pōrangi, pōrewarewa
wairangi
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to be beside oneself, in a daze, infatuated, foolish, suffering from mental illness, demented, deranged, unbalanced, unhinged, crazy, mentally distressed, eccentric.
Ko Hongi i wairangitia i te kaha o tōna ngākau pōuri (TTR 1990:20). / Hongi he was unbalanced because he was so depressed.
See also porowairangi
2. (modifier) foolish, irrational.
Me whakaaro nui, me tūpato hoki, kei pēhia te tika e te whakaaro o te hunga pōauau, kei raru te whenua katoa i te turekore, i te hē, i runga i te mahi wairangi a ētahi tāngata whakaaro pōhēhē (MM.TKM 14/7/1860:12). / Take heed that the councils of the foolish do not prevail, and that the whole country is not thrown into anarchy and confusion by the folly of a few misguided men.
3. (noun) demon, monster.
Kātahi ka kotia taua ika; kei roto e takoto ana te wahine me te tamaiti kei runga i tōna tuarā, me ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, kei roto i te puku o taua wairangi e pūkei ana (JPS 1894:100). / Then the fish was cut up; lying inside him was a woman with her child on her back, and men, and women, all heaped together in the stomach of that demon.
pōrangi
1. (verb) (-a) to search for, seek.
Ka pōrangi ki ngā maunga ki ngā wai matatiki, ki ngā rākau, ki ngā manu: kāhore hoki i kitea he wahine māhana (Tr 1874:34). / He searched in the mountains, at the springs, in the trees and the birds, but he could not find a wife for himself.
Synonyms: rapu, whai, raparapa, kimikimi, hāhau, puretumu, kimi, whakarapu, rangahau, rapa, haha, hīnana
2. (adjective) be insane, mad, crazy, mentally ill, deranged, beside oneself, headstrong, hurried, stupid.
Ko te whakatau a ngā tākuta, kāhore rawa he pōrangi o taua none, ā nō konei ka tukua ia e te kōti kia haere (TKO 30/9/1920:11). / The decision of the doctors was that that nun was not mentally ill, and as a result she was released by the court.
Synonyms: mate ā-hinengaro, haurangi, pōrewharewha, pōrewarewa
3. (noun) stupidity, silliness, lunatic, insanity, madness.
Kei te mōhio i a tatou te āhua o te pōrangi, kua ngaro ngā whakaaro, kua kore e mōhio ki te pai ki te hē (TP 7/1909:7) / We know what insanity is like, reason disappears and one no longer knows right from wrong.
Synonyms: porowairangi
pōrewarewa
1. (verb) to be stupefied, dazed, stunned.
Nā te kakama o Te Purewa ko tāna taiaha i kai tuatahi, hemo kau ana a Tionga. Otiia i pā tonu te taiaha a Tionga ki a Te Purewa, ā, nā te kaha o tōna pana pōrewarewa ana a Te Purewa, hinga ana ki raro (TTR 1990:258). / Because Te Purewa was so quick his taiaha struck home first, instantly killing Tionga. But Tionga's taiaha struck Te Purewa and his blow had enough force to daze Te Purewa and he fell down.
2. (verb) to be stupid, senseless, dim-witted.
Ehara te ao Māori i te mata kohore, i te pōrewarewa rānei engari ia he atamai, he ihumanea (TTTT 2006:12). / The Māori world is not bleary-eyed or stupid but intelligent and clever.
Synonyms: pōrewharewha, papa kore
3. (adjective) insane, mad, mentally ill, crazy, deranged.
Ko Karaitiana Takamoana kua pāngia e te mate - tōna mate he pōrangi, he pōrewarewa (TWMNT 21/12/1878:190). / Karaitiana Takamoana is ill - he's mad, he's insane.
Synonyms: haurangi, pōrangi, pōrewharewha, mate ā-hinengaro
4. (modifier) stupid, senseless, dim-witted, idiotic.
Kaua e whakarongo ki te kōrero pōrewarewa a tērā heahea. / Don't listen to the senseless drivel of that idiot.
5. (noun) imbecile, halfwit, fool, moron, simpleton, blockhead, dimwit.
Hira noa atu tēnei hanga, a te pārewarewa, ki ngā wāhi katoa o te ao, e kōrero ana i ana hori, e mahi ana i ana hanga whakaohomauri (KO 14/4/1883:5). / These people, fools, are abundant all over the world, telling their lies and doing their surprising things.
Synonyms: poroheahea, wawau
