2. (verb) to be very ill, seriously ill, ailing, oppressed.
Nō Maehe o 1919, ka whakatuwheratia tētehi whare hou i Ngāruawāhia hei pāremata mō Te Rata, erangi kīhai ia i tae, i te mea e taimaha ana te māuiui i runga i a ia (TTR 1996:227). / In March 1919 a new building for Te Rata's parliament was opened in Ngāruawāhia, but he did not attend because he was too ill.
Synonyms: tūpoupou
3. (modifier) heavy, weighty.
Ko te tangata e hara ana ki tētahi wahine mārena, ka āhei te whiu ina whakawākia kaua hei neke atu i te 100 rau tāra, ā kia rua rānei ngā marama e mahi taimaha ana ki ngā huanui (TPH 15/8/1900:3). / The man who abuses a married woman can be punished when he is sentenced with no more than $100 or two month's hard labour on the roads.
4. (noun) weight, heaviness, burden.
Nō te 31 o Maehe 1915, ka rīhaina ia i tana tūranga. Nā te taimaha o ngā mahi i mahia e ia, ahakoa te āhua o Tāwhirimātea, a ia i whakamāuiui (TTR 1994:56). / On 31 March 1915 he resigned because of ill health brought on by heavy work in all kinds of weather.
taimaha hārukiruki
1. (stative) be extremely heavy, extremely depressed, extreme difficulty.
See also hārukiruki, taumaha hārukiruki, toimaha hārukiruki
hārukiruki
1. (modifier) very, extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally - an intensive used only after taumaha, taimaha and toimaha.
I tanuku tōna tuarā i a ia e hiki ana i te poro rākau. He taimaha hārukiruki nō te poro rākau. / He sprained his back while he was lifting the log because the log was very heavy.
rukiruki
1. (modifier) very, extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally - an intensive used only after taumaha, taimaha and toimaha.
Whakaae tonu mai hoki tērā, tae rawa ake ki te tūnga o te hui i muri o te tina taumaha rukiruki te rōpū i te mōtini (TP 3/1912:5). / And they agreed so that when the meeting was finally started after lunch the group was overloaded with motions.
See also hārukiruki
