pakaru (ana)/(katoa) [ngā] hamuti
1. [they] were shit-scared, scared shitless, terrified, scared stiff, frightened out of one's wits - a colloquialism often used to say that someone is terrified.
Ka kite ia i ngā pirihimana me ā rātou pū, pakaru ana tana hamuti i te mataku. / When he saw the policemen with their guns, he was terrified.
Synonyms: tarawewehi
tarawewehi
1. (verb) to be terrified, terror-stricken, scared stiff, scared to death, frightened.
Ka tarawewehi koe, kī mai aku hoa kia upa taku noho (W 1971:390). / When you are terrified, my friends say I should stay put.
Synonyms: pakaru (ana)/(katoa) [ngā] hamuti
whakawehi
1. (verb) (-a) to terrify, frighten, horrify, intimidate, threaten, terrorise, scare.
Ko ngā āpiha a te Kāwanatanga e whakawehi ana i ngā tāngata kei Nēpia (TWMNT 7/11/1876:281). / The Government officers were intimidating people in Napier.
Synonyms: whakaataata, whakamataku, whakawehiwehi
2. (modifier) terrifying, frightening, threatening.
He reo whakawehi te hāmama raiona i te pō, me te ngengere o ngā wuruhi (KO 15/6/1883:19). / The roar of the lion at night and the growling of wolves are frightening sounds.
3. (noun) threat, dread, terror, fear.
I te whakapaunga o taua tau ka hauraro a Te Waru Tamatea. Kua mutu i nāianei te whakawehi a Te Kooti i te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:384). / Late that year Te Waru Tamatea surrendered. Te Kooti had now ceased to be a threat to the government.
whakawehiwehi
1. (verb) (-a) to terrify, frighten, horrify, intimidate, threaten, terrorise, scare.
I tae mai te pukapuka a Waaka Huia ki a mātou, he taua tonu, mō te korenga e tāia āna kōrero. I whakawehiwehi ia i a mātou i mea ka pānuitia tō mātou hē e ia ki ngā nūpepa Pākehā (HKW 1/6/1902:5). / The letter, which was quite hostile, of Waaka Huia concerning not publishing his account has reached us. He threatened us by saying he would broadcast our blunder in Pākehā newspapers.
Synonyms: whakaataata, whakamataku, whakawehi
2. (modifier) terrifying, frightening, threatening.
Kua kite pea ngā tāngata Māori i roto i ngā nūpepa o mua, arā i 'Te Karere Maori' i ētahi kōrero whakatūpato mō tēnei mate whakawehiwehi, mō te koroputaputa (TWMNT 19/6/1872:83). / Māori people have probably seen in earlier newspapers, namely 'Te Karere Maori', some cautionary information about this frightening disease, smallpox.
3. (noun) threat, dread, terror, fear.
I tū atu tō rātou kaipuke i waho o te tāone me te whakawehiwehi ki te hopukina ō rātou hoa ka taiparatia e rātou te tāone ki te pū repo (TP 7/1905:6). / Their ship stood off the town with the threat that if their allies were captured they would fire on the town with cannons.
whakaataata
1. (verb) (-ngia,-ria,-tia) to pretend, act out, perform.
I te marama o Hūrae i te tau 1917, ka kawea atu e Paraire tōna tira e 55 te nui, tāne, wāhine ki te whakaataata i te marae i Waiomatatini i te moenga o Te Rina, tamāhine a Āpirana Ngata, i a Hetekia Te Kani Te Ua (TTR 1996:257). / In July 1917 Paraire took his travelling party of 55 men and women to perform at Waiomatatini at the marriage of Te Rina, daughter of Āpirana Ngata, to Hetekia Te Kani Te Ua.
Synonyms: whakataruna, whakatakune, hangarau, whakaata, hahaka, haka, mahi, whakarite, tapa, whakaatu, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū
2. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to scare, frighten away, frighten off, intimidate.
Kia ngāwari koutou ngā tamariki, kaua e whakaataata i te tangata. / You children should be kind and not frighten off people.
Synonyms: whakawehi, whakawehiwehi, whakamataku
3. (noun) drama.
4. (noun) mirror.
Kua pakaru i a māua tā tātou whakaataata (HKK 1999:51). / She and I have broken our mirror.
hopī
1. (verb) to be terrified, alarmed, frightened, intimidated, panic-stricken, scared, dismayed.
E kī ana a Rōre Erueti ko te 'hopī ki te wai', he tikanga nā ngā tohunga hei wehe i te ngākau pāwera, wehi rānei i roto i te tangata, kua hauhauaitu. Ka karakiatia e te tohunga ka mutu ka tāuhi ki te wai o te rau rākau te tūroro (M 2004:354). / Rōre Erueti states that 'hopī ki te wai' (craven fear is cleansed in water) was a practice by tohunga to remove apprehension or fear from a person who was afflicted. The tohunga would recite ritual chants and conclude by sprinkling water from a leafy twig over the patient.
Synonyms: maurirere, mauri rere, tūmekemeke, koera, uruwehi, kōtore whererei
2. (verb) to be afraid, frightened, fearful, scared.
Ā, nō ka tomo rātou ki te urupā, ka kite rātou i tētahi taitamariki e noho ana i te taha matau, he kākahu mā tōna: na ka koera rātou (PT Māka 16:5). / And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Synonyms: uruwehi, kōtore whererei, hopī
3. (noun) fear.
Nā ka puta atu rātou, ā oma ana i te urupā: kua tae mai hoki te tūiri, te koera ki a rātou (PT Māka 16:8). / And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed.
2. (modifier) fearful, scared, afraid.
Kei te noho uruwehi ia kei toropā mai ki te tonga te pakanga o Taranaki, ka uru mai ki roto o Ōtaki (TTR 1990:304). / He was living in fear that the Taranaki war would spread to the south and into Ōtaki.
Synonyms: koera, kōtore whererei, hopī
3. (noun) fear, dread, uneasiness, unease, consternation.
Ka tohutohu te tākuta mā te kōrero mō tōna mānukanuka me tōna uruwehi e kaha ake ai ia. / The doctor instructed that by talking about her anxiety and fears she would become stronger.
whakamataku
1. (verb) (-tia,-ria) to terrify, scare, frighten.
Ka mahia e taua tangata nei he mea hei whakamataku i ngā peihana nei (TWK 6:9). / That man made something to scare these pheasants.
Synonyms: whakaataata, whakawehi, whakawehiwehi
2. (modifier) frightening, scary, terrible.
He hanga whakamataku ki te titiro atu ki ngā kanohi e whākana ana, ki ngā makawe e rere ana i te hau, ki te hūare e heke ana i ngā kauae, ki ngā niho e tetē haere ana, me ngā tinana e hurori noa ana i runga hōiho (TWM 14/5/1868:2). / It was somewhat frightening to look at the eyes staring wildly, the hair flying in the wind, the saliva dripping from the jaws, the teeth gnashing, and the bodies just rolling about on the back of the horse.
Synonyms: whakahaehae
3. (noun) fright, fear.
Kei hea rā ana kurI? Tērā te oma ki rō ngahere ngawī haere ai i te whakamataku (TWMNT 24/12/1873:190). / Where were his dogs? They had fled into the forest, howling with fright.
