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.
2. (noun) dipstick, idiot, forgetful person - a colloquialism used to refer to someone flaky.
He māhunga wai, he wareware ki ngā mea katoa (HJ 2017:58). / A forgetful person, she forgets everything.
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.
poroheahea
1. (noun) idiot, fool, blockhead, numbskull, halfwit, nincompoop, twit, nitwit, wally, dope, peabrain, moron.
Synonyms: wawau, pōrewarewa, ngoungoua
2. (verb) to be fast, rapid, travel quickly.
Hukehuke ana te hoki whakamuri a Te Wiriwiri (TWK 35:14). / Te Wiriwiri rapidly backed away.
3. (noun) fool, idiot.
Kaua koe e whai atu i ngā mahi a te hukehuke rā, kei raru kōrua tahi (PK 1991:150). / You shouldn't follow what that idiot does or you'll both be in trouble.
taurekareka
1. (verb) (-tia) to be enslaved.
Nō muri mai i tō rātou whakarerenga i tērā kāinga i te tekau tau atu i 1850, ko te āhua nei, i noho kē mai ia ki Te Ara-a-Kiwa, kia kore a ia e whakahokia ki Wharekauri, taurekareka ai (TTR 1976:172). / After their abandonment of that home in the 1850s, it would seem that she settled in Foveaux Strait to avoid returning to the Chatham Islands, to slavery.
2. (modifier) dastardly, shameful, low, base, dishonourable.
Kātahi te mahi taurekareka rawa atu a ngā kaimahi Pākehā i kitea ko tēnei! (TTR 2000:122). / This was the most dastardly action ever committed by Pākehā workers.
Synonyms: pāpaku, hangahanga, hakahaka, hahaka, māteatea
3. (noun) captive taken in war, slave, prisoner of war.
He tikanga hē te whakatupu ake i ngā kōtiro hei pononga, hei taurekareka mā te tāne (TTT 1/12/1929:1955). / It is wrong to raise girls as servants and slaves for men.
4. (noun) scoundrel, idiot, rascal, rogue.
Ko wai te taurekareka nāna nei i waiho te hō ki konei takoto ai? (HW 1969:59). / Who was the idiot who left the spade lying here?
Synonyms: whiro, nauwhea, nanakia, tainanakia, nauhea
rūrūwai
1. (stative) be foolish, silly, stupid, idiotic.
Te mate o te tangata rā, he rūrūwai noa iho, he pōrangi (W 1971:353). / The problem with that man is that he is just foolish, he's crazy.
Synonyms: whakaheahea, rare, hārangi, wawau, heahea, tīhohehohe, whakarorirori, ngā mahi a te hore
hore
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to peel, strip off.
2. (modifier) be bald, bare, deficient.
Me whakahou ngā taea hore o tō waka kia kore ai koe e aituā i te rori (PK 2008:132). / The bald tires of your vehicle should be renewed so that you don't have an accident on the road.
Synonyms: rake, pākira, porohewa, moremore, hohore, horehore, tāmoremore, hewa, tāmore, mārakerake, māmori, monemone, māmore, more, marake
3. (noun) idiot, simpleton, dimwit, empty headed.
Synonyms: pōrewarewa
ngoungoua
1. (noun) fool, idiot, twit, halfwit, nincompoop.
He kupu nā Te Hīka ki tana wahine, he kupu kākari; he ngoungoua, arā he wahine wairangi (W 1971:235). / A word that Te Hīka used for his wife, a word used in a quarrel; an idiot, that is a crazy woman.
Synonyms: wawau, poroheahea
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. (noun) you idiot, what a fool, what a moron, what a blockhead - a term of criticism with numerous equivalents in English.
wawau
1. (modifier) foolish, silly, misguided.
Ngutu pī: He waha kōrero wawau; mō ngā mea kōrero rorirori; he mea whakarite ki te pī manu (JPS 1929:48). / Babbler: A person who talks rubbish; for the ones who talk about trivial matters; they are compared to chicks.
Synonyms: pōhēhē, whakaheahea, rare, hārangi, heahea, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, whakarorirori, ngā mahi a te hore
2. (noun) foolishness, stupidity, idiocy, folly, foolhardiness.
Waihoki, me kī atu e mātou, nā te apo, nā te ngākau kino, nā te wawau o te tangata, i ngoikore ai te tupu o te ōki o Ingarangi (MM.TKM 30/8/1856:4). / We must also tell how the greed, the cruelty, and the folly of people stunted the growth of the English oak.
3. (noun) foolish person, idiot, fool, moron, nincompoop, halfwit.
Nā te kūare rāua ko te wawau noa iho tērā mahi, te pōti mō taua tangata. / Only ignorant people and fools would vote for that man.
Synonyms: poroheahea, pōrewarewa, ngoungoua
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
