2. (modifier) degrading, debauched, decadent, depraved, disreputable, sordid, debasing, demeaning, disgraceful, undignified.
See also tautauhea
3. (noun) degradation, debauchery, decadence, degeneracy, depravity.
See also tautauhea
4. (noun) commoner, plebeian.
See also tautauhea
Synonyms: kāraroraro, kurumetometo, tautauhea, mahimahi, hauhauā, hūnguengue
5. (noun) coward.
See also tautauhea
hauarea
1. (adjective) be of no account, trivial, insignificant, inconsequential, unimportant, common.
Ka hoki aku mahara ki ngā koroua whaikōrero kua kite ake au i te tekau tau 1980 e whaikōrero ana i ō rātou hingareti, ētahi i ō rātou kamupūtu, ētahi i ō rātou kākahu mahi tonu. Ahakoa te pērā, nā te pai o ngā kōrero ka warea pērā kēhia tō titiro, he hauarea noa iho te momo kākahu i mau ai ērā koroua (Rewi 2005:88). / I remember the orators that I have seen in the 1980s delivering their speeches in their singlets, some in their gumboots, some in their work clothes.
Synonyms: taitāhae, hangahanga, kotokoto, hanganoa, hauwarea
2. (modifier) of no account, trivial, insignificant, inconsequential, unimportant, common.
Māu e tuku atu aku kupu hauarea nei hai tirohanga iho mā aku hoa (KO 16/3/1888:10). / Please send out my inconsequential words for my friends to look at.
3. (noun) thinness, leanness, skinniness, emaciation.
Ka aroha te hauarea o ana kau i te roa o te tauraki (PK 2008:86). / How sad for his cows which are skinny from the long drought.
4. (noun) coward, cowardice.
Whakarērea ana ngā tāngata i runga i te kāreti e taua hauarea kia mate ana (TWMNT 30/10/1878:98). / The people on the carriage were abandoned by that coward to die.
tautauhea
1. (personal noun) low status person, low-born person.
Kaitoa kia ngaua koe e te hemokai, e tautauhea mā, i ōu kuware, i ōu māngere (KO 14/6/1884:9). / Serves you right that you are starving because of your ignorance and your laziness, you lowborn people.
Synonyms: tautauwhea
2. (modifier) degrading, debauched, decadent, depraved, disreputable, sordid, debasing, demeaning, disgraceful, undignified.
Tineia kia mate ēnei tikanga tautauhea (KO 15/11/1883:5). / Wipe out these degrading practices.
3. (noun) degradation, debauchery, decadence, degeneracy, depravity.
Ko te tino tautauhea o ngā Māori o reira, tutū ana te puehu i a rātou i runga i ngā tikanga poke o te waipiro (KO 15/12/1884:3). / The natives there are quite debauched, and they cause disturbances due to the sordid effects of liquor.
4. (noun) commoner, plebeian.
Ki ōku whakaaro, katoa ngā whakaeke marae he hanga pērā te āhua, ahakoa te momo manuhiri, manuhiri tūārangi mai, whanaunga mai, tuahangata mai, tautauhea mai, hoa mai, pakeke mai, tamariki mai, ērā manuhiri e whakaeke mai ana ki runga i te marae (Rewi 2005:62). / In my opinion, all welcomes on the marae are like that, no matter what type of visitors, visitors from afar, relatives, the famous, commoners, friends, adults, children, they are all guests coming onto the marae.
Synonyms: kāraroraro, kurumetometo, tautauwhea, mahimahi, hauhauā, hūnguengue
5. (noun) coward.
Mōhio ai koa te mano ki ngā tautauhea, ki ngā parakūkā, ki ngā pōrangi, ki ngā whakaaro-iti, ki ngā parangetungetu, ki ngā ngākau-rahirahi, ki ngā kōpūrua, ki ngā rorirori, ki ngā heahea, ki ngā pōrewarewa (KO 14/4/1883:5). / Many people know cowards, scroungers, the mentally ill, the shallow thinkers, the corrupted, the callous people, the indecisive, the stupid ones, the idiots and the senseless ones.
2. (modifier) weak, frail, slow.
He tamaiti hōngoingoi (ngoikore) a Toarangatira i te wā e iti rawa ana a ia (White 4 1889:93). / Toarangatira was a frail child when he was very small.
3. (modifier) cowardly, spineless, faint-hearted.
Ahakoa kāore ia i whakaae ki tōna pāhi, ka nohopuku, he tangata hūngoingoi ia. / Although he didn't agree with his boss, he remained silent because he was a cowardly person.
4. (noun) elderly woman.
toupiore
1. (verb) to be listless, languid, lazy.
Nā te werawera au i toupiore ai, tē tae atu ki a koe (W 1971:442). / Because of the heat I was listless and did not reach you.
Synonyms: iwingohe, whakaparure, parure, pāroherohe, haumaruru, ngehe, ruhi, whakaroau, anuhea, hangenge, iwikore, taharangi, ārangirangi, kahakore, hauhauaitu, ānewa, whakapahoho, pōngenge, whakatairuhi, tūpaku, tārure, maero, tūrūruhi, wairuhi, maninohea, ngoringori, korou kore, ngoikore, tūkeke, waimori, mākoko, hakurara, makihoi, māngere, māikoiko, hakirara, pirorehe, hākiki, pakihore, tō kumu, makuku
2. (noun) coward, scaredy-cat, yellow-belly.
Kaua e whirinaki ki te toupiore rā - ka eke ana ki te mura o te ahi, kua kore i kitea (PK 2008:980). / Don't rely on that coward - when you're in the thick of battle, he's nowhere to be seen.
Synonyms: tautauā
2. (noun) coward, scaredy-cat, yellow-belly.
Ko ngā tautauā, arā ngā pirorehe, i mate, ko ngā toa i oma (W 1971:284). / The cowards died but the warriors escaped.
Synonyms: toupiore
hauhauā
1. (noun) plebeian, lower class person, lowborn person, commoner.
I ngā wā o mua, e kore te ariki e whakaaetia kia moe i te hauhauā. / In former times, an ariki would never be allowed to marry a commoner.
Synonyms: kāraroraro, kurumetometo, tautauhea, tautauwhea, mahimahi, hūnguengue
2. (modifier) cowardly.
Kātahi te tangata hauhauā ko koe! (W 1971:39). / What a cowardly person you are!
