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. (modifier) very dark, very sad, remorseful.
I tētahi pō hinapōuri rawa i a Hānuere nei ka rere rātou ki roto i te wai ka kau whakakiuta (TWM 3/2/1866:4). / One very dark night in January they escaped into the water and swam towards the shore.
3. (noun) darkness, sadness.
He nui atu tōku hinapōuri mō taku tamaiti kua mate (TPH 15/7/1910:6). / I'm extremely sad about my child who has died.
Synonyms: pōuri, tiwhatiwha, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri
ka aroha (kē) (hoki) ...
1. how sad, how disappointing, what a pity - an idiom used to express sympathy, disappointment or regret. It can also be used in a sarcastic way or to emphasise an idea.
Ka aroha hoki tō tātou tīma! / What a pity about our team!
Ka aroha kē hoki te pouaru me ā rāua tamariki tokowhā (HJ 2012:30). / How sad for the widow and their four children.
manatu
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to remember, bear in mind, keep in mind, heed.
Me manatu ki ngā kupu a te koroua, kei hē tā tātou mahi (PK 2008:391). / Take heed of the elder's instructions, in case we do our work incorrectly.
Synonyms: maumahara, whakamaumahara, mahara, whakamahara
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to take away.
Ko te kōwhatu tuatahi o tēnei hanga, o te pounamu, nā Ngahue i manatu i a rāua ko Kupe i haere mai ai, ka mahia hei patu (W 1971:173). / The first rock of this thing, greenstone, was taken away by Ngahue when he and Kupe came here, and it was made into a weapon.
3. (verb) to be homesick, anxious, sad.
Manatu noa nei, whakaaroaro, māharahara noa nei (M 2006:124). / In a state of anxiety, in a pensive mood and apprehensive.
Synonyms: kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, whakaaroha
4. (noun) reminder, memorandum, remembrance.
I tēnei wā, 11 ngā pokapū Kāwanatanga kua haina i te Manatu Whakaaetanga hei tohu i ā rātou tautoko i te kaupapa mō ngā tau e toru (RT 2013:39). / At this time, 11 Government agencies have signed the Memorandum of Agreement to indicate their support for the project for three years.
Synonyms: whakamahara, whakamaumahara, pukapuka
matapōuri
1. (verb) to be sad, gloomy, depressed, dejected.
E matapōuri ana ahau ki ā koutou tini whakamoemiti mō Tā Hōri Kerei rāua ko Tā Tānara Mākarini, me ngā kōrero whakahē mō aua kaumātua tokorua (TW 22/6/1876:237). / I am saddened that along with your many praises of Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean are the criticisms of those two elders.
Synonyms: whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, āroharoha, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē
2. (modifier) gloomy, sad, melancholy.
E kore au e mōhio ki ngā whakaaro o ētahi atu tāngata i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, i roto i ngā mea kua kōrerotia nei; ko au ia, taimaha rukiruki au, tē taea te kaupēhi aku whakaaro matapōuri (TKM.MM 13/3/1862:30). / I do not know what other people think of these daily experiences which have been discussed, but I found them extremely depressing and I was not able to suppress my gloomy thoughts.
Synonyms: kaimōhū, ruku popoi, whakaingoingo, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri
3. (noun) sadness, despondency, dejection, melancholy, sorrow.
Ka mate nei au i te matapōuri, i te matapōrehu o roto i ahau (MM.TKM 30/11/1860:39). / Within me I am overcome by gloom and sadness.
Synonyms: mōteatea, pōuri, tiwhatiwha, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri
4. (noun) New Zealand scaup, Aythya novaeseelandiae - a small blackish diving duck with a rounded 'rubber ducky' profile and a blue-grey bill, living in freshwater lakes.
I tapaina te ingoa o te pāpango mō ōna huruhuru pango; whai anō tērā o ōna ingoa, ko matapōuri (Te Ara 2012). / The scaup was named for its dark plumage – as was another of its names, matapōuri (dark face).
See also pāpango
Synonyms: matamatapōuri, matapo, raipo, tītīpōrangi, pōkeke, pāpango, kaiharopia
ngākau pōuri
1. (verb) to be offended, depressed, heavy-hearted, downcast, dejected, despondent.
Ko te tapahanga tuawhā tēnei; ka tāorotia hoki a Kororāreka. Nō konei ka ngākau pōuri a Nene (TTR 1990:66). / This was the fourth time it was cut down; and Kororāreka was sacked. Consequently Nene was personally heavy-hearted.
Synonyms: whakamauāhara
2. (noun) sad heart, heavy heart, distressed in spirit.
Tēnei te hoki mai nei me te ngākau pōuri, me te ngākau tangi mō koutou kua ngaro i ōku tirohanga kanohi, i ā tātou mahi, i ā tātou nohoanga tahi (TTT 1/4/1930:2029). / I return with a heavy and weeping heart for you who have gone from my sight, from our work and from dwelling together.
2. (modifier) traumatic, upsetting, distressing, painful.
Nō taua wā pāmamae nei i tū ai a Tāwhiao hei amokapua mō te Kīngitanga (TTR 1994:132). / During this traumatic period Tāwhiao was established as the leader of the King movement.
Synonyms: mamae, tārū, whakamamae, pāwerawera, hīrawerawe, tārūrū
3. (noun) grief, distress, disappointment, trauma.
I te tūtakitanga o Nene ki te kāwana, hāngai tonu tana kupu he rite tonu tō rāua pāmamae ko Heke ki ngā mahi nanakia a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:66). / When Nene met the governor he made it clear that he and Heke were upset about the devious activities of the government.
pōkē
1. (verb) to be dark, gloomy, sullen, sad, depressed.
Pōkē ana a Māka i te rongonga kua hinga tana kuia (PK 2008:656). / Mark was sad when he heard that his grandmother had died.
Synonyms: pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha
2. (noun) dark cloud, darkness.
pōuri
1. (verb) to be dark, sad, disheartened, mournful, sorry, remorseful.
Ehara i te hukarere noa iho nei, engari he huka whakapohe rawa i te tangata, pōuri ana te rā ānō he pō (TWMNT 30/7/1873:85). / It wasn't just snow, but snow that completely blinds a person and the day was so dark it was as if it was night.
Synonyms: whakaingoingo, tīkapa, whakahiatangi, taukuri, hinapōuri, rīpenetā, whakakiwakiwa, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha
3. (adjective) be dark, sad, disheartened, mournful, sorry, remorseful, in the dark, not understanding.
Auau tonu tana tono kia whakamāoritia mai ngā pire me ngā kōrero Pāremata, he pōuri nōna, he kore e mātau nōna ki te whai i ngā whakahaere (TTR 1998:204). / He frequently asked for the bills and Parliamentary discussions to be translated into Māori because he was in the dark in not understanding the proceedings..
4. (modifier) sad, depressing, gloomy, distressing.
He kōrero pukukata tēnei, engari rā he kōrero pōuri rawa (TP 11/1906:1). / This is an hilarious story, but it's also a very sad tale.
5. (noun) darkness, sorrow, sadness, gloom, despondency, desolation, dejection.
Ko te wikitoria kei a koe, ko te mehameha ko te pōuri kei a mātou (TP 3/1907:2). / Yours is the victory, while we are left with loneliness and despondency.
Synonyms: matapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, tiwhatiwha, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri
pōuritanga
1. (noun) depression, despondency, gloom, dejection, unhappiness, sadness.
He kōrero tēnei hei pōuritanga mā te ngākau o te katoa, e puta ai te aroha ki te hunga kua ngaro atu ki te pō. E puta ai hoki te aroha ki ō rātou whanaunga e noho nei i runga i te mamaetanga me te pōuritanga (KO 24/8/1886:3). / This account will make the hearts of everyone despondent and will bring out the concern for the people who have been lost to the world of death and the concern for their relatives who remain in pain and sadness.
Synonyms: pōuri, tiwhatiwha, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri
ruku popoi
1. (stative) to be sad, melancholy, despondent.
Kua waiho mai e koe ō takahanga me āu mahi hei ramaroa mā te iwi, ahakoa kei te noho upoko kore i tēnei wā, hei ramaroa mā te iwi kia kore ai rātau e kotiti, ka mutu, hei whakahau i a rātau i roto i ngā wā e kore ana he ngoi, i ngā wā e mate ana te hau, i ngā wā e pōuri ana te ngākau e ruku popoi ana (Wh4 2004:88). / Although we remain leaderless at this time, you are a beacon for the tribe so that they don't go astray and also as an encouragement for them in the times that they have no energy, are exhausted and when they are sad and despondent.
Synonyms: kaimōhū, whakaingoingo, matapōuri, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi
2. (modifier) sad, gloomy, depressing, miserable, unhappy.
He kōrero whakapōuri tā mātou ka kōrero atu nei i konei (MM.TKM 31/10/1859:1). / We have a sad tale that we will relate here.
Synonyms: pākatokato, tūreikura, poururu, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakahiatangi, matapōuri, āroharoha, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha
3. (noun) depression, despair, dejection, melancholy, unhappiness, sadness, misery, gloominess.
Kei te ao tawhito rawa atu ētahi hapū, ētahi iwi; kei te kāhakihakina noatia e ngā whakaakoranga maha, e ngā hāhi huhua, e ngā tohunga tokomaha. Ko te tino hua o ēnei mea katoa ko te whakataumaha, ko te whakapōuri, ko te whakapōkaikaha (TTT 1/9/1925:291). / These subtribes and tribes are still in the ancient world and are being attracted by many doctrines, by a variety of faiths and lots of tohunga. The main outcome of all these things is burdening, depression and confusion.
Synonyms: poautinitini, tiwhatiwha, kōtonga, whakapāwera, mōkinokino, auhi, kaimōhū, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, matapōuri, whakaingoingo, ruku popoi, mōteatea, pōuri, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga
i [wāna] nei (hoki)
1. it's a pity, how sad for [her], poor thing - an idiom expressing one's pity for another's condition. wāna can be replaced by another possessive.
Ahakoa pēhea taku whakapau kaha kia mau i a au ngā kupu o te waiata, kāore tonu i taea. I wāu nei hoki! / No matter how much I tried to catch the words, I could not. How sad for you!
auwhi
1. (stative) be hindered, bothered, hampered, distressed, bothersome.
Ka tangi a Māhu, ka auwhi; ka mutu tana auwhi, ka whakatauakī, “Ākuanei rā au te haere ai i te nuku o te whenua ki te kimi i te ara e haere ai te tangata ki te pōuriuri, ki te pōtangotango, ki tua o Paerau oti atu (JPS 1899:122)." / Māhu lamented and was sad, at the end of which he uttered his saying, “Presently will I travel over the land to seek a means by which these men shall go down to the uttermost depths of darkness, beyond Paerau, and there die."
2. (noun) distress, grief, anxiety, sadness.
Ka tangi a Māhu, ka auwhi; ka mutu tana auwhi, ka whakatauakī... (JPS 1899:122). / Māhu lamented and was sad, at the end of which he uttered his saying...
Synonyms: pōuri, tiwhatiwha, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri
2. (noun) deep sympathy, sad thoughts, grief, loving greeting, deep affection, affection, love.
auhi
1. (stative) be distressed, grief-stricken, distraught, upset.
Ko ngā otaota hoki o ngā pāmu kua maroke rawa atu, ānō he mea tahu ki te ahi. Waihoki me ngā tāngata Māori e auhi ana ki ā rātou mahinga kai (KO 15/1/1886:3). / And the grass of the farms has dried off completely as if it was burnt with fire. In addition the Māori people are distressed about their gardens.
2. (noun) distress, grief, anguish, heartache, misery, sadness, sorrow, anxiety, grievance.
Ahakoa kāore i kopaina te auhi, te poreirewa ki te kupu i mua tonu i tō aroaro, mā te aha rā i ēnei kupu iti kua tuhia nei - engari anō tēnei i te kore rawa atu nei! (HM 4/2009:4) / Although the grief and yearning did not disappear with words spoken in your presence, or with these few words that have been written here - this is better than nothing!
Synonyms: tiwhatiwha, kōtonga, whakapāwera, mōkinokino, whakapōuri, poautinitini, pōuri, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, mōteatea, matapōuri
matarehu
1. (verb) to see unclearly, dark.
I te matarehu, kāore i mōhiotia mēnā he tangata, he tia rānei tērā e tū rā i te wao (PK 2008:427). / Because it was dark, it was not known if it was a person or a deer that was standing in the forest.
Synonyms: whēkitekite, whēkite
2. (adjective) be misty, obscure, not clearly seen, visually impaired.
Āe, he matarehu, he matarua tēnei mea te kīwaha, engari he matareka tonu (HJ 2012:24). / Yes, idioms are obscure and double-edged, but they're quite enjoyable.
Synonyms: waowao, kōehuehu, pūkohukohu, pūrerehu, pōrehurehu, pūnenehu, pūrehurehu, ānehu, pūnehunehu, kōnehunehu, pūnehu, porehu, mōnenehu, mōnehunehu
3. (noun) fine-grained stone - used for grinding and polishing stone.
Ka tere mātao te tokarewa, ā, ka hua mai he toka matarehu pērā i te ōnewa, te tokapata me te tūhua (RP 2009:406). / The magma cools quickly and fine-grained rocks like basalt, granite and obsidian are produced.
4. (noun) sadness.
Kei te matarehu tonu rātou i te mūhore o tā rātou tono kia tū te whakataetae ki reira (PK 2008:427). / They were quite disappointed because their request to hold the competition there was unsuccessful.
Synonyms: auwhi, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri, pōuri, tiwhatiwha
matapōrehu
1. (modifier) in sadness, in sorrow, depressed.
I Tīhema o 1866, ka tuhi anō a ia ki a Te Herewini, ka kī atu, ākuanei a ia ka mate, nō te mea, i tango paitini a ia, i a ia e noho matapōrehu ana i te matenga o tana wahine (TTR 1990:42). / In December 1866 he wrote to Selwyn stating that soon he would die because while he was in a state of depression after the death of his wife he had taken poison.
2. (noun) sadness, sorrow, depression.
Ka mate nei au i te matapōuri, i te matapōrehu o roto i ahau (MM.TKM 30/11/1860:39). / Within me I am overcome by gloom and sadness.
Synonyms: pōuri, tiwhatiwha, auwhi, matarehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri
3. (noun) mistiness, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness.
I roto i te pōuri, kāore a au i kite i te matapōrehu o ōna whatu (Ng 1993:282). / In the dark, I could not see the mistiness of her eyes.
taukuri
1. (interjection) oh dear! (exclamation of distress or surprise).
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40;)
Auē taukuri ē, e hika mā! He tino parekura nui tēnā nā aituā kua takoto ki waenganui i a koutou (TPH 9/11/1904:15). / Oh dear, my friends! Those deaths lying amongst you are a major calamity.
2. (verb) to be in mourning.
Nō te ata o te Paraire, 18 o Āperira ka huri, ka pāho te reo, Ē! Ko Arihia Ngata tēnei ka takoto i te moenga roa. Oho ana te mauri, taukuri kau ana (TTT 1/5/1929:991). / On Friday morning, 18 April, the news was broadcast that Arihia Ngata has died. It is a shock and we are in mourning.
3. (modifier) mournful, sad, grief-stricken.
E te iwi, whakaarahia tō tangi taukuri mō te matua ka ngaro (TP 7/1906:9). / People, raise your grief-stricken lament for the parent who has died.
Synonyms: whakaingoingo, tīkapa, whakahiatangi, pōuri, kiwa, kiwakiwa, pōkē, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha, whakakiwakiwa, ruku popoi, tiwhatiwha, manatu, whakaaroha
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.
