heahea
1. (verb) to be foolish, silly, idiotic, stupid, crazy, scatty, irrational.
Ka tae atu a Confucius ki te waha o te poka. "E hoa, ka nui tōku aroha ki a koe, engari he aha koe i heahea ai ki te taka atu ki konā? (TTT 1931:67) / Confucius reached the mouth of the hole. "My friend, I have great affection for you, but why were you stupid enough to fall in there?"
2. (modifier) foolishly, stupidly, unwisely, idiotically, foolish, silly, idiotic, stupid, crazy, scatty, irrational.
Engari he tika, he iwi heahea, heahea pēnei nā, ka kūtoro heahea noa atu ki ngā pakanga a ētahi kē, koirā anō ka uru tonu ki te raruraru (EM 2002:109). / But it's correct that they're a foolish tribe, foolish in that they stupidly involve themselves in the battles of others and that's why they get into trouble.
Synonyms: whakaheahea, whakarorirori, rare, hārangi, wawau, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, ngā mahi a te hore
3. (noun) fool, idiot, buffoon.
Kāore e wheau ka mawehe te heahea rāua ko tana moni (KO 15/9/1884:7). / A fool and his money are soon parted.
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: raparapa, kimikimi, rapu, hāhau, whai, kimi, whakarapu, rangahau, rapa, haha, hīnana, puretumu
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, pōrewarewa, haurangi, pōrewharewha
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, whakaheahea
2. (noun) idiot, dolt, ignoramus, halfwit, fool.
Ka hoki ahau ki tōku kāinga; e kore ahau e whakahoa ki ēnei rorirori, ki ēnei kua māmingatia (TJ 3/11/1898:16). / I will return home; I'll never be friends with these idiots, these people who have been duped.
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.
hē ngā rā
1. he/she is losing it, they're crazy - an idiom to indicate that someone is either forgetful, confused or is slightly demented. Can be used jokingly too.
See also kua hē (haere) [ō] rā
porowairangi
1. (noun) mentally disturbed person, crazy person, mental case, lunatic, weirdo, nutcase, loony, nutter, psychopath.
Synonyms: pōrangi
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: papa kore, pōrewharewha
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: hore, wawau, poroheahea
pōrewharewha
1. (verb) to be stupefied, dazed, stunned, mad, insane, crazy.
I whakaaro tonu a ia tērā a ia e pōrewharewha i ngā tamariki (Ng 1993:264). / She really thought that the children would drive her crazy.
See also pōrewarewa
2. (modifier) stupid, senseless, dim-witted, idiotic, insane, crazy, mad.
Ki te kupu a te Pākehā, kua puta a Ngāti Porou ki waho i tōna anga, kei te tirotiro ki te ao hou, ki te ao huirangi, ki te ao pōrewharewha (TTT 1/10/1930:2157). / In the saying of the Pākehā, Ngāti Porou has come out of its shell and is looking at the new world, the unsettled and crazy world.
See also pōrewarewa
Synonyms: papa kore, pōrewarewa, haurangi, pōrangi
2. (modifier) foolish, silly, idiotic, stupid, crazy, scatty, irrational.
Kāore e taea noa ihotia te tūrangahakoa o te noho i te kai i tā te rangatira kai engari me whakaranu rawa ki te kai whakaheahea, whakarorirori (Karetu 2016). / It is not possible to be happy by indulging in intellectual pursuits without having to indulge in bacchanalian revelry the result of which is idiotic and stupid behaviour (Karetu 2016).
Synonyms: heahea, whakarorirori, rare, hārangi, wawau, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, ngā mahi a te hore
3. (noun) stupidity, idiocy, silliness, trivialising.
Ka tohe kanohi ki te kanohi ki ngā tauira Pākehā o te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki mō tā rātou whakaheahea i te haka (Te Ara 2017). / They confronted Pākehā students of the University of Auckland about their trivialising the haka.
Synonyms: pōrangi
whakarorirori
1. (verb) to make silly, go crazy.
I te oroko pānga mai o te mate rā, kia kakama ki te tiki i te rata, i tētahi Pākehā rānei e matatau ana ki taua taru me kore rawa atu ngā wai katoa e whakarorirori i te tangata (KO 14/9/1882:10). / When that illness first attacks hurry and fetch the doctor, or a Pākehā who knows about that disease, in case all the water makes the person go crazy.
2. (modifier) foolish, silly, stupid, scatty, ridiculous.
Kāore e taea noa ihotia te tūrangahakoa o te noho i te kai i tā te rangatira kai engari me whakaranu rawa ki te kai whakaheahea, whakarorirori (Karetu 2016). / It is not possible to be happy by indulging in intellectual pursuits without having to indulge in bacchanalian revelry the result of which is idiotic and stupid behaviour (Karetu 2016).
Synonyms: whakaheahea, heahea, haraki, nenekara, rare, ngā mahi a te hore, hārangi, wawau, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai
