(mō) taku hē, (mō) taku hē
1. my mistake, I apologise, my apologies, I'm sorry, sorry for my mistake - an idiom used to apologise for a mistake or oversight which resulted in the other person or people being affected. Sometimes the phrase is not repeated.
Mō taku hē, mō taku hē! Kāore kē au i mōhio i pīrangi kōrua ki te haere. / I sincerely apologise! I didn't realise that you two wanted to go.
Synonyms: kei riri mai
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
2. (noun) haze, mist fog.
Ko Tāmaki nei e tauria ana e te kōrehu moana (W 1971:141). / Tāmaki here is blanketed in sea fog.
3. (noun) regret, remorse, disappointment.
Ka nui te kōrehu i roto i a au mō aku mahi kino ki ōku mātua i taku ohinga (PK 2008:319). / I have a great deal of remorse for my bad behaviour to my parents in my youth.
kōhau
1. (verb) to regret, feel sorry about, rue.
Nā runga i te kore i tika o te tiaki me te kore i tika o te whakanohonoho i ngā hōia Māori ka hoki mai nei ki te kāinga, i kōhau ai a Makitānara nāna nei rātou i tono kia haere ki te whawhai (TTR 1998:100). / Because of the lack of care and rehabilitation of the Māori soldiers when they returned home, Makitānara regretted that he sent them to the war.
2. (verb) to yearn, be wistful, pine for.
Koia tō tipuna, a Toi, i kōhau ai i Tiritiri o te moana (W 1971:124). / This is your ancestor, Toi, who yearned for the vast ocean.
Synonyms: pūkōnohinohi, whakamomori, konau, hiangongo, pūkōnohinohi
