ngā mahi a te hore
1. what silly buggers - an expression of disapproval towards silly, stupid, or annoying behaviour.
I rongo koe i ngā porohaurangi inapō e hoihoi mai ana i waho? Ngā mahi a te hore! / Did you hear those drunkards making a racket last night? Bloody silly buggers!
Synonyms: whakaheahea, rare, hārangi, wawau, heahea, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, whakarorirori
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
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
tīhohehohe
1. (modifier) giggling, silly.
Synonyms: whakaheahea, rare, hārangi, wawau, heahea, rūrūwai, whakarorirori, ngā mahi a te hore
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
hārangi
1. (verb) to be unsettled, foolish, silly.
Ka hārangi noa iho ōna mahara (W 1971:37). / Her thoughts were quite unsettled.
Synonyms: whakaheahea, rare, wawau, heahea, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, whakarorirori, ngā mahi a te hore
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.
rare
1. (modifier) dull, stupid, unintelligent, moronic, silly, ludicrous, ridiculous.
Maihi Parāone Kawiti has overturned those ridiculous statements. / Kua hurahia e Maihi Parāone Kawiti aua kupu rare (KO 18/11/1887:10).
Synonyms: haraki, nenekara, whakarorirori, whakaheahea, hārangi, wawau, heahea, tīhohehohe, rūrūwai, ngā mahi a te hore
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
