wauwau
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, find fault.
Nā i te mutunga o te pānui a Hēnare Pēneti i taua reta, ka wauwau katoa ngā tāngata o te whare mō taua reta, arā, ko ētahi e kī ana he tito noa iho ngā kōrero o taua reta (TJ 3/11/1898:15). / When Henry Bennett finished reading out the letter, all the people in the house grumbled about it, that is some claimed what it said was just fabrication.
2. (noun) pointed paddle-shaped implement - to loosen soil for cultivation, earthworks, etc.
Anō nei te rite o te ketu ki te hoe iti; ko tāna he whakapāpako i te oneone. Ko ētahi atu ingoa ko te pīnaki me te wauwau (Te Ara 2016). / The ketu is like a small paddle, used for loosening the soil. Other names are the pīnaki and the wauwau.
kaiwhakapae
1. (noun) complainant, plaintiff, accuser.
Nō te 27 o Maehe 1866, ka whakawāngia ki Ākarana. Tokotoru ngā kaiwhakapae (TTR 1990:59). / He was tried in Auckland on 27 March 1866. There were three accusers.
Synonyms: kaitono
komekome
1. (verb) to bicker, squabble, complain, disagree, find fault, gripe, grumble, moan, bellyache.
Engari anō tēnā i te noho noa iho i konā komekome ai! (HM 4/2009:3) / But they won't do that but just sit back and bellyache!
Synonyms: kōnanunanu, kūnanunanu, tarawene, hanguru, whakatautau, aurere
2. (adjective) be crabby, complaining.
Ko te mate kē e noho mai ana a Ngāi Reo Kore mā he komekome, he whakakuene noa iho te mahi e pahure ana he kore hoki i taea nō ngā kōrero a Ngāi Whai Reo mā te whai (Kāretu 2016) / The problem is that those who have no language sit there complaining because they are not able to follow those who have the language.
3. (noun) backbiting gossip, disparagement, scandalmongering, slander, complaint.
Ka tukuna ki a Te Tipa i Rānana, me ōna komekome i roto, mō te iwikoretanga o ngā Kāwana o Niu Tīreni o nāianei tonu, me o nanahi (TTR 1990:27). / It was sent to Walter Mantell in London, complaining in it of their neglect by the past and present governors of New Zealand.
Synonyms: ngau tuarā
2. (noun) complaint.
E hoa mā, ehara i te amuamu ki a koutou, engari he kawenga nā te hēmanawa (TKO 5/1915:8). / My friends, it's not a complaint against you, but a burden of frustration.
whakapae
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to lie horizontal, lay across, accuse, blame, allege, assert, hypothesise, complain.
Kāhore kau ia i whakapae mahi kino, kāhore hoki ia i waiho noa i te hunga i raro i tōna maru (TTR 1990:327). / He was never accused of evil deeds, nor did he abandon the people under his protection.
Synonyms: whakatuaki, hāmene, whakapā hē
2. (verb) (-a) to besiege.
Ka whakapaea taua pā nei e te taua i te pō, i te ao, ā kīhai i taea (NM 1928:154). / The pā was beseiged by the war party night and day, but it was not taken.
3. (verb) (-a,-tia) drive ashore, force to shore.
Ko ēnei kaipuke, taua rua, nā te kaha o te hau i whakapae ki uta ki runga ki ngā toka i te taha hauāuru o te ngutuawa o Pōneke, ā, ngakungaku noa ana (TWMNT 10/3/1874:67). / Both these ships were driven by the force of the wind onto the rocks on the western side of Wellington Heads and broken to pieces.
4. (modifier) accusing, critical, alleging.
Ka noho ko tēnei moenga hei take whakapae a ētahi e mea ana he whakamoe kē te mahi a Rātana i te iwi Māori ki te iwi Hapanihi, ā, i te mutunga mai kei te iwi Hapanihi kē te oranga mō te Māori (TTR 2000:87). / This union led to accusations of some saying that Rātana had ‘married’ the Māori people to the Japanese nation, and that the Japanese would be the salvation for the Māori.
5. (noun) assertion, accusation, allegation, blame, complaint, charge, hypothesis, thesis, conjecture, speculation.
Ka puta ngā whakapae nā Te Kēkerengū i hīanga tētahi o ngā wāhine a Te Rangihaeata (TTR 1990:150). / Accusations were made that Te Kēkerengū seduced one of Te Rangihaeata's wives.
Synonyms: whakapaepae, whakapā hē, heitara, kupu whakapae
haku
1. (verb) (-a) to nag, complain about, find fault with, henpeck.
Taro ake ka haku a ia i takahia te mana o tōna iwi o Moeraki (TTR 1990:351). / After a time he complained that the rights of his people of Moeraki had been disregarded.
Synonyms: whakakunāwheke
2. (noun) cold, colic.
hakuhaku
1. (verb) (-a) to complain, grumble at, annoy.
E hakuhaku noa iho ana koe ki tō manu, nō te mea kei te tukua tonutia atu te nūpepa ki a koe, erangi kei ngā poutāpeta pea e ngaro ana, kua riro rānei i a ringa rua (KO 15/9/1885:3). / You are impetuously complaining to your bird [i.e. newspaper] but the newspaper continues to be sent to you, so perhaps it is lost at the post offices, or has been taken by someone else.
2. (modifier) complaining, griping, grumbling.
I tāia ētahi reta hakuhaku mai ki 'Te Korimako' mō ā rātou nūpepa he kore kāore e tae atu ana ki a rātou (KO 15/10/1883:4). / Some letters of complaint were published in 'Te Korimako' about their newspapers not reaching them.
3. (noun) complaint, grumble, grievance.
He tini ngā reta e tae mai ana ki a mātou, he hakuhaku kāhore e tae atu ana ā rātou nūpepa (KO 15/10/1885:9). / Many letters have been reaching us hat are complaints that their newspapers aren't arriving.
hanguru
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, moan.
Ko te tamāhine a tōna tuahine a Rangiwhakawaitau, ko Merehuka, ki te hari i a ia ki te kura. Kia hanguru ia, he hopu tonu mai tā Merehuka i a ia, e waha ana ki te kura (EM 2002:26). / The daughter of his sister Rangiwhakawaitau, Merehuka, took him to school. When he complained Merehuka would grab him and carry him to school.
Synonyms: tarawene, komekome, kōnanunanu, kūnanunanu, aurere, whakatautau
hāngurunguru
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, moan - repetitively.
E hoa ma, e ōku hoa, arā, e ngā kaitautoko o 'Te Korimako' i ngā tau i mahue ake nei, kei hāngurunguru koutou ki te manu nei, ki a 'Te Korimako', mō tana putanga kotahi i te marama me te nukuhanga ake o tōna oranga ki te 4 hereni (KO 15/7/1885:7). / Friends, my friends, that is the supporters of 'Te Korimako' in the past years, do not complain to this bird, 'Te Korimako', about only being issued monthly and the increase in price to 4 shillings.
2. (noun) grumbling, complaining, moaning - repetitively.
Kua taka mai te wā hei whakamahuetanga mō ngā hāngurunguru, mō ngā whakangaungau (TKM.MM 20/4/1863:2). / The time has come to leave behind the grumblings and disputes.
kōnanunanu
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, moan.
He aha tāu e kōnanunanu nā? (Ng 1993:283). / What are you complaining about?
Synonyms: tarawene, komekome, kūnanunanu, aurere, hanguru, whakatautau
komeme
1. (verb) to mutter, mumble, talk in a low tone, complain.
Ko ōna ngutu kau e komeme ana, kīhai ia tōna reo i rangona (PT Hamuera I 1:13). / Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard.
Synonyms: hamumu, whakatanguru, pararāwaha, kumeme, kōwhetewhete, hāmeme, hāmumumumu, hāwata, pātīhau, whetewhete
2. (verb) to be burst inwards, stove in, dent.
Ka rangona te tūtukitanga o taua tima ātaahua, ko tōna ihu komeme ana i te tūtukitanga ai ki te pari, takoto ana i runga i ngā toka (THM 1/7/1895:2). / The collision of that beautiful ship was heard when its bow was stove in in the collision with the cliff, leaving it lying on the rocks.
3. (verb) to be withered, wrinkled, contracted by cold.
Kua komeme te kiri o ngā tamariki, he roa nō rātou e kaukau ana i te awa. / The children's skin was wrinkled because they were swimming in the stream for so long.
kōmemememe
1. (verb) to mutter continuously, complain continuously.
E kōmemememe ana ngā kaihuri parāoa i te kore o ngā witi e puta mai ana i te tahatika i roto i te takiwa kua pahure tata ake nei. E iti ana te witi ki a rātou, ko ngā witi e puta mai ana i roto i te wiki kotahi kāore e rite ki ngā parāoa e pau ana i roto i taua wiki kotahi (MM.TKM 15/12/1858:6). / In recent times the millers have been complaining about the lack of wheat that has been coming from the coast. The stocks they have are limited, and the weekly supplies are insufficient for the weekly bread consumption.
2. (noun) complaint, criticism, grumble.
E rua tahi ngā hua kino i roto i tērā reta e kitea nuitia ana i roto i ana kōmemememe, he mauāhara tētahi, he patu tēnā i tā te Atua ture e mea nei, 'Murua ō mātou harā me mātou e muru nei i ō te hunga e hara ana ki a mātou.' (KO 15/5/1884:3). / There are two offensive statements in that letter revealed clearly in his complaints. One is the animosity, which assaults what God says, 'Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.'
kūnanunanu
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, moan.
Hei ētahi wā, kua rongo ahau i te kūnanunanu a ētahi (Rewi 2005:211). / Sometimes I've heard the complaints of some people.
Synonyms: tarawene, komekome, kōnanunanu, aurere, hanguru, whakatautau
mānehenehe
1. (modifier) peevish, querulous, irritable, touchy, complaining.
E pōuri ana te tamaiti mānehenehe (Ng 1993:331). / A complaining child is unhappy.
Synonyms: ngānehenehe
ngānehenehe
1. (verb) to complain, querulous, peevish, grumbling, whining, hard to please, irritable, fractious.
Kua hōhā au i tērā wahine. Ahakoa te pai o ngā mahi a tō tātou kaiako, kua ngānehenehe mai i ngā wā katoa. / I'm fed up with that woman. No matter how good our teacher's work is, she complains all the time.
Synonyms: mānehenehe
2. (noun) complaint, criticism, peevishness, grumbling, whining, displeasure, irritation, fractiousness, complaining.
Kotahi noa iho pea te tangata i haere mai i te kāinga o te ngānehenehe, engari katoa ētahi atu i haere mai i runga i te ngākau māhorahora, he mārama pea nō rātou ki te kaupapa o te hui (HM 2/1994:3). / There was probably only one person who came from a complaining perspective, but everybody else came with an open mind, probably because they understood the purpose of the gathering.
tarawene
1. (verb) to grumble, complain, object, moan.
Kaua e whakapau i ō koutou kaha ki te tarawene - me kimi kē he rongoā (PK 2008:868). / Don't waste your energy complaining - look for a solution.
Synonyms: komekome, kōnanunanu, kūnanunanu, aurere, hanguru, whakatautau, whakakāhore, whakatoitoi, takunetanga, ahanoa, mea, tohe, tohetohe, rawa, taonga
2. (noun) complaint, grumble, criticism, objection, gripe.
Kei te tino mōhio tātau i nāianei, kei te nui noa atu te tarawene, te pūhaehae o ētahi o ngā rangatiratanga o te ao, ki te harurutanga o te mana o tō tātau Kuīni ki ngā tōpito o te whenua (TPH 15/3/1900:2). / We are fully aware now that there is much grumbling and jealousy by some of the nations of the world with the resounding reputation of our Queen throughout the land.
Synonyms: tohe, nawe, mautohe, whakatoitoi, whakaepaepa, kupu whakahē
