2. (stative) be lethargic, lackadaisical, sleepy.
He tangata momoe, he tangata māngere, e kore e whiwhi ki te taonga (TTT 1/10/1922:11). / A lackadaisical and lazy person will never obtain riches.
Synonyms: anuhea, inukorokoro, turikore, takurutu, tūrūruhi, ruhi, kiriahi, korou kore, ngehe, pāroherohe, hinamoe, pōuruuru, ārangirangi, pōngenge, tārure, iwingohe
hinamoe
1. (verb) to be sleepy, drowsy, lethargic.
E kore e whakamahia tōna hinengaro, e hinamoe ana (MM.TKM 4/3/1855:16). / He will not use his mind, it is lethargic.
Synonyms: turikore, takurutu, tūrūruhi, ruhi, kiriahi, momoe, korou kore, ngehe, anuhea, pāroherohe, pōuruuru, ārangirangi, pōngenge, tārure, iwingohe
2. (noun) sleepiness, drowsiness.
Kāhore e toremi te rā i te pō, i te ao. Mā te ngenge, mā te hinamoe ka mōhiotia he pō (MM.TKM 1/2/1855:22). / The sun does not set, day and night. By tiredness and sleepiness it is known that it is night.
pōuruuru
1. (adjective) be drowsy, sleepy, dozy, lethargic.
Ka kai te koroheke, he pōuruuru te kai a muri ake. / The elderly man eats, and after that becomes drowsy.
Synonyms: korou kore, ngehe, anuhea, pāroherohe, hinamoe, ārangirangi, pōngenge, tārure, iwingohe, turikore, takurutu, tūrūruhi, ruhi, kiriahi, momoe
2. (noun) lethargy, sluggishness, lassitude.
Nā te pōuruuru o te ao nei i noho ai ngā tamariki i hua ai te whakaaro me pēhea e pai ake ai tā rātou noho, e puta mai ai hoki i te ao pōuri nei ki te ao mārama ake (Rewi 2005:74). / Because of the lethargy of this world that the children lived in, the plan developed as to how the way they lived could be improved whereby they could emerge from the dark world into a brighter world.
Synonyms: maiarohea, maiorohea, rohea, rowhea, hakorea, wherū, tīrohea, tūrūruhi, korou kore, whakangoikore, māngeretanga, iwingohe
hāmoemoe
1. (stative) be sleepy, drowsy, doze.
He mahi takoto noa te whawhaki i ngā pua hāpi, he mahi whakawhairawa mā ngā tamariki tāne māngere o ngā kāinga Māori, e hāmoemoe tonu ana i roto i te roanga o te rā, e omaoma haere kino ana rānei i runga i ngā hōiho tuarā pahore hei matenga mō rātou ake anō, me ngā tāngata e āta haere ana i ngā rori (TWMNT 22/3/1879:349). / Picking hops would be an easy and profitable employment for the lazy boys of the Māori villages who just loll about for most of the day, or race about dangerously on sore-backed horses, endangering themselves and the quiet travellers on the roads.
2. (noun) catnap, doze, nap.
I ētahi wā, mahi ai ia i te roanga ake o te pō. Ahakoa te moe poto, te hāmoemoe noa iho rānei, ka ngata tonu tana hiahia (TTR 1996:108). / Sometimes he worked far into the night. Despite the short sleep, or mere catnaps, his need was satisfied.
2. (stative) be faint-hearted, timid, diffident, irresolute.
Nō te mea kua tae he rongo kino ki a rātou, harotu kau rātou: tērā te tangi kei te moana; kāhore e marino (PT Heremaia 49:23). / For they have heard evil tidings, they are faint-hearted.
3. (stative) be drowsy, sleepy.
Ka pāngū ngā ākonga i te kauhau a tō rātou kaiwhakaako, ka harotu ētahi. / When the students became bored with their teacher's lecture, some became drowsy.
2. (noun) drowsiness.
Ngā tohu: Te tīmatanga he tangitangi, he pukuriri, he hiamoe; apiti atu ki te ngāhoahoa o te māhunga, te ruaki, te kirikā me te ngaupuku tae atu ki te mate tikotiko (TTT 1/2/1925:187). / The symptoms: Initially they are weepy, angry and sleepy; in addition to having a headache, vomiting, fever and stomach-ache including diarrhoea.
hōiho nāti
1. (loan) (noun) roaming horse, brumby - a tough mixed breed, including Clydesdales and thoroughbreds, found on the East Coast and associated with the Ngāti Porou tribe. They have a sleepy disposition, and are relaxed but intelligent.
He hōiho nāti anake te hōiho ka ora i te hau, ā, i te pou taiapa, ahakoa ngaro tōna rangatira mō te wiki, ki te hoki mai ia e tū tonu ana tōna hōiho nāti (TWK 6:29). / A 'hōiho nāti' is the only horse that can live in the wind, at a fence post, and even if its owner disappears for a week, when he returns his 'hōiho nāti' will still be standing there.
