hūiki
1. (stative) be cold (of people), shivering from cold, cringing in fear, shy, feeling awkward.
2. (stative) be exhausted (by frequent cultivation).
whakamā
1. (verb) to be ashamed, shy, bashful, embarrassed.
Ki te haere au ki te tāone he tarau poto, kāore he tōkena, ka kite tonu au i ngā tāngata e tiro mākutu ana ki te nawe o taku waewae, ka whakamā au (HP 1991:21). / If I went to town in shorts and no soxs, I saw people staring at the scar on my leg and I was embarrassed.
Synonyms: numinumi, konekone, matakakā, pūihi, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana, memeke, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi
2. (modifier) ashamed, shy, bashful, embarrassed.
He tangata whakamā au ki tēnei mahi (JPS 1946:19). / I am a person that is embarrassed by this sort of thing.
3. (noun) shame, embarrassment.
Ka kite au i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhine e puta hurori mai ana ki waho, hāmama ana ō rātou māngai, puta ana ngā kupu a tētahi ki tētahi, tau mai ana te whakamā ki ahau; tū ana ngā haka me ngā ruriruri, he nui atu te kino o ngā kōrero, ānō kua rēweratia (KO 17/5/1886:4). / I saw men and women staggering out, shouting to each other, and I was ashamed; they performed haka and bawdy ditties and what they said was terrible, as if they had been taken over by the devil.
Synonyms: poapoataunu, māteatea, ngaringariā
hihira
1. (stative) be shy, suspicious, cautious, distrustful, guarded.
Ahakoa ki tāna anō kī, he tangata rata a Taiaroa ki te Pākehā, engari e noho āhua hihira ana ia ki te haere mai o tauiwi ki konei noho ai (TTR 1990:136). / Despite saying that he liked the Pākehā, Taiaroa remained guarded about foreigners coming here to settle.
Synonyms: matakakā, pūihi, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana, whakamā, memeke, hūiki, mokepūihi, konekone
2. (modifier) shy, distrustful, suspicious, skeptical, cynical.
Kei te pēhea te tangata hara ki ēnei kupu aroha? Kāore i te whakarongo, engari kei te whawharo haere te ihu pēnei i te hōiho matakana kei te tū te waero ki runga (TP 7/1909:7). / What does the sinful person think about these words of concern? He does not listen, but snorts like a distrustful horse with its tail raised.
Synonyms: matakakā, pūihi, matakā, matawhiwhiu, whakamā, memeke, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi, konekone
3. (modifier) wild, untamed.
Ko tēnei iwi he kāewaewa noa iho i runga i te whenua ki te whaiwhai i ngā kurī matakana hei kai (MM.TKM 1/12/1855:2). / These people just wander over the land to hunt wild animals for food.
konekone
1. (verb) to dislike, detest, loathe, abhor.
Katoa tātou i ōna wā i whakamahia i a tātou i te kura kia ako i ētahi kaupapa kāore nei tātou i pīrangi, ā, me te aha anō kiriweti ana, konekone atu ana tātou ki aua kaupapa rā (HM 1/1995:4). / At some time all of us while we were at school were made to learn some subjects we did not like and as a result we hated and loathed those subjects.
Synonyms: pū, whakahouhou, mauāhara
2. (verb) to be shy, bashful, reserved, reticent, retiring.
Kāore ia e noho, ka āhua konekone, ā, ka whakatika, ka haere i tana haere (W 1971:133). / She would not stay and being somewhat shy she stood up and went away.
Synonyms: whakamā, numinumi, whakakumu, tikumu, moke, pūihi, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, whakamōwai, memeke, rāhui, tāpui, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, matakakā, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana
3. (modifier) shy, bashful, reserved, reticent, retiring.
He kōtiro konekone ia - kia whakatata mai he taitama, kua pūwhero tonu atu ngā pāpāringa. / She was a shy girl - when a boy approached her she would blush.
4. (noun) repugnance, weariness, distaste, dislike, loathing, aversion.
Ka nui taku konekone ki te haere (W 1971:133). / I have a strong aversion to going.
Synonyms: wetiweti, whakahouhou, whakarihariha, ongaonga, whakarikarika, mauāhara
matakā
1. (verb) to be wild, fearful, shy.
matakakā
1. (verb) to be wild, ferocious, fearful, shy.
2. (noun) westerly wind - sometimes as hau matakakā.
matawhiwhiu
1. (verb) to be alert, on one's guard, not easily caught, shy.
I ēnei rā o te tino kore nei i mōhio ka pēhea rā ngā nekeneke me ngā hiahia o te Kāwanatanga e tika ana kia noho tūtakarerewa, kia noho matawhiwhiu ki ngā whakatau, ki ngā āhuatanga hou ka puta (HM 2/1999:7). / In these days when there is absolutely no idea of how the Government will move and what it wants, it's right to be alert and on one's guard with the decisions and the new circumstances that will emerge.
Synonyms: matakakā, pūihi, matakā, matakana, whakamā, memeke, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi, konekone
memeke
1. (verb) to hang back, be shy, retiring, reserved, reticent.
I memeke te tamaiti, ā, manauhea ana ki te whakauru atu (Ng 1993:195). / The child hung back and was reluctant to join in.
Synonyms: tikumu, whakakumu, pūihi, moke, whakamōwai, rāhui, tāpui, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, konekone, nohopuku, tōngā, wahangū, nguengue, matakakā, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana, whakamā, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi
pūihi
1. (modifier) afraid, shy, retiring, timid.
Ki te kōrero a Kuki, kāore i aro atu ki ana whakarata - he iwi pūihi, ā, kāore e rata mai ki ngā inoi atu mō te kai, mō te wai, mō te aha rānei (TWK 19:17). / According to Cook, they took no notice of his friendly overtures - they were a shy people and would not respond in a friendly way to the pleas for food, water and other provisions.
Synonyms: tōngā, memeke, hūnguengue, whakatōngā, moke, konekone, matakakā, matakā, matawhiwhiu, matakana, whakamā, hūiki, hihira, mokepūihi
2. (noun) antenna (of crayfish, etc.).
See also pūhihi
