aroha
1. (verb) (-ina,-tia) to love, feel pity, feel concern for, feel compassion, empathise.
Aroha ana ngā tangi a ō mātou wāhine (HM 4/2009:1). / The crying of our women was heart-rending.
Synonyms: whakaaroha, kūwata, whakaipo, kanehe, ipo, pohane, murimuri aroha, kūata, taupuhi
2. (modifier) loving, affectionate, caring, compassionate, kindly, sympathetic, benevolent.
Kātahi ka pātai mai ki a au, he aha tōku hiahia. Kātahi au ka whakautu atu, kia ūhia te whakaaro aroha ki runga katoa i ngā taitama nei (HP 1991:292). / Then he asked me what I wanted. I responded that these youths should all be shown compassion.
3. (noun) affection, sympathy, charity, compassion, love, empathy.
He nui ngā whakaputanga o te aroha. He atawhai, he manaaki manuhiri, he āwhina, he whakaaro, he muru hara, he mananui ki ngā hē o te tangata, he matapō ki ngā hē o ērā atu (RK 1994:51). / There are many expressions of love, including caring, giving hospitality to visitors, helping, being considerate, forgiving sins, putting up with someone's errors, and being blind to the faults of others.
Tērā tātau e rongo kei te tuwha haere a Henare i ana hipi, i ana kau ki a Ngāti Porou, hei kaihaukai māna ki tōna iwi, he nui nō tōna aroha! (TP 7/1900:8). / We have heard that, because of his charity, Henare is distributing his sheep and cows to Ngāti Porou as feasts for his people.
See also aroha nui
āroharoha
1. (verb) to be sad, rousing compassion.
He āroharoha nō te iwi Māori i ēnei rā kua kore rawa e pērā rawa te tū mārō me te whakahēhē i ngā hapa o tētahi kē (Rewi 2005:337). / It's sad for the Māori people today that they can no longer stand firm and criticise the mistakes of others.
Synonyms: pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri
2. (modifier) sad, melancholy.
Papaki ana te pepe i ōna parihau kia tere tae ai a ia ki te wāhi o taua tangi āroharoha (TWK 41:28). / The moth flaps its wings so that it arrives swiftly at the source of that melancholy sound.
Synonyms: kaimōhū, ruku popoi, whakaingoingo, matapōuri, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri
3. (noun) compassion, sympathy.
I kuraina mai ia i te kura o ngā none o te āroharoha i Hiruhārama (TTR 2000:173). / She was educated at the school of the Sisters of Compassion at Jerusalem.
kāpehu
1. (loan) (noun) compass.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)
I kī rā ahau he tohu aua whetū. Koia nei hoki te kāpehu a ō tātou tūpuna i whakawhiti mai ai i Hawaiki (TTT 1/7/1922:3). / I have stated that those were navigational stars. they were the compass of our ancestors who migrated here from Hawaiki.
tauwhirotanga
1. (noun) caring, kindness, compassion.
Ko te inoi o te ngākau kia tau mai te tauwhirotanga a te wāhi ngaro ki runga i a koe, otirā ki runga i a tātou katoa (Kāretu 2017). / The plea from the heart is that the compassion of divine intervention settle on you and all of us.
Synonyms: ngākau aroha, manaakitanga, ngāwari, atawhai
2. (noun) empathy, sympathy, compassion, kindheartedness, kindness, consideration, caring, benevolence.
Kaua rawa atu koe e whakamanamana, engari me haere koe i runga i te ngākau whakaiti me te ngākau aroha (EM 2002:228). / You must not be boastful, but you should go with modesty and compassion.
Synonyms: tauwhirotanga, manaakitanga, ngāwari, atawhai
atawhaitanga
1. (noun) compassion, courtesy.
Otirā kīhai a Ihu i tuku i a ia, engari i mea atu ki a ia, haere ki tōu whare, ki ōu whanaunga, ka kōrero ki a rātou i ngā mea nui i meinga e te Ariki ki a koe, i tana atawhaitanga hoki i a koe (PT Maka 5:19). / Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
whakaaroha
1. (verb) (-ina) to be heart-rending, moving, sad, pitiful, poignant.
Whakaaroha ana tēnei wāhanga o te hui (HM 1/1990:5). / This part of the meeting was quite moving.
Synonyms: panuku, wana, whakaneke, nekehanga, whakaaroharoha, whakanekeneke, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha, pōuri
2. (verb) to sadden, make sad.
Synonyms: whakapāhi
3. (modifier) sad.
He waiata whakaaroha tēnei, kei ngā wāhi katoa e waiatatia ana (M 2006:100). / This is a sad song and is sung everywhere.
4. (noun) mercy, pity, compassion.
Ka tetērongo a Hine-i-tūrama, ka kī, kāore he whakaaroha anō ēnei kōrero hua o te utu i te kanohi ki te kanohi (TTR 1990:13). / Hine-i-turama refused to listen, saying that there was no mercy in such face to face talk of revenge.
Synonyms: aroha
2. (particle) by, made by, acted on - mā combines with e to form a future tense emphasising who or what will do the action, sometimes called the actor emphatic. This grammatical construction is only used with transitive verbs, not with intransitive verbs, with statives (neuter verbs), or with verbs in the passive.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 65; Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 41-42;)
Synonyms: nā
3. (particle) Used with hei to show relationships.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 54;)
4. (particle) by way of, via, through.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47-48; Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 66;)
5. (particle) by means of, on - followed by runga.
Haere ai tō mātau pāpā ki tana mahi mā runga hōiho (HP 1991:27). / Our father went to his work by horseback.
See also mā hea
6. (particle) Used in names for the points of the compass.
He aha rawa te hau e pupuhi mai nei? He marangai mā tonga. / What is the wind that's blowing? It's a south-easterly.
See also marangai-mā-raro, raki-mā-rāwhiti, uru-mā-raki
-mā-
1. (particle) Used to join two compass points to indicate a direction midway between the two, e.g. tonga-mā-uru south-west.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)
Kei te uru-mā-raki o Te Waipounamu a Ahitereiria. / Australia is north-west of the South Island.
See also tonga-mā-uru, tonga-mā-rāwhiti, hauāuru-mā-tonga
2. (adjective) Gathered up into small compass, assembled, folded up.
