taumaha
1. (verb) to be heavy, very ill, serious (illness), ailing, severe, harsh, onerous.
Me te kī atu anō a te kaiwhakawā, "Kia mōhio anō koe, ki te mahi tohunga anō koe i muri atu i tēnei, ka tae mai ai ki te aroaro o te Kōti, kātahi ka taumaha atu te whiu mōu." (TPH 9/11/1904:8). / And the judge also said, "You should know that if you practise tohungaism again after this, when you arrive before the Court then your punishment will be much more severe."
2. (verb) (-tia) to recite the taumaha ritual chant over food, etc.
Ka taumahatia, ka karakiatia, kia noho ai te wairua tohunga ki roto i a ia (W 1971:399). / The taumaha ritual chant was recited so that the tohunga spirit would remain inside him.
3. (modifier) heavy, very ill, serious (illness), ailing.
E whakawhetai ana te komiti ki te kaha o Mohi Tūrei ki te tuhi mai i ēnei kōrero i runga i tōna tuarā, i roto i ōna māuiuitanga taumaha (TP 9/1908:3). / The committee is grateful for Mohi Tūrei's energy in writing these accounts while on his back with his serious illnesses.
See also taimaha
Synonyms: toimaha
4. (noun) weight, heaviness, burden, seriousness (illness).
Ka tae ki reira, kua hikitia e te mīhini kua riringitia ngā waiū ki roto i tētahi taika kaitā, kua tirohia te taumaha, kua tuhia ki roto i taku pukapuka (HP 1991:25). / When I arrived there, they were lifted by the machine and the milk was poured into a large tank, the weight was checked and written into my book.
5. (noun) incantation recited over food - when offered to the atua or for rendering food free from tapu.
Karakia taumaha mō kā umu tapu (MT 2011:83). / Ritual chants for sacred ovens.
taumaha hārukiruki
1. (modifier) extremely heavy, extremely depressed, extremely difficult.
I haere katoa ngā mahi i roto i te ngākau pai me te wairua ngahau, me te kite iho a ētahi he mahi taumaha hārukiruki tēnei mahi te whakamāori kōrero (HM 4/1998:6). / The work all went along good-naturedly and with an enjoyable spirit, but with some realising that this task of translation is a very difficult one.
See also toimaha hārukiruki, hārukiruki
2. (noun) extreme weight, extreme depression, extreme difficulty.
Kua kore te kuia nei e makere i tō rātou waka, i te taumaha hārukiruki o te wairua (HM 3/1995:7). / This elderly woman could no longer climb out of their vehicle because of her extreme depression.
kawenga taumaha
1. (noun) heavy burden, encumbrance, obligation.
Tokorua tahi rāua e waha ana i te kawenga taumaha (TTR 1994:176). / Two people together carrying a heavy burden.
Ko Tā Āpirana Ngata: E tika ana kia kaha te tūpato ki ngā moni e whakapaua ana ki te taha Māori kei tahuri mai hei kawenga taumaha ki te Māori (TTT 1/11/1930). / Sir Āpirana Ngata: It's right to be very cautious with the funds being used for Māori affairs lest they become a burden for Māori.
Synonyms: kawenga, takohanga, taumahatanga, utanga, here, herenga, tāpae toto
2. (noun) scale (for weighing).
whārite ine-taumaha
1. (noun) balance (for measuring weight).
He taputapu te whārite ine-taumaha hei ine i te taumaha, te papatipu rānei o tētahi mea. E rua ngā taha o te whārite ine-taumaha. Ka waiho te mea e inea ana ki tētahi taha, ā, ka hoatu he maihea ki tērā o ngā taha, kia noho ōrite ngā taha e rua (TRP 2010:332). / a balance is a piece of equipment for measuring the weight or mass of an object. There are two sides to a balance. The thing being measured is put on one side, and weights are put on the other until both sides are in balance (TRP 2010:332).
rukiruki
1. (modifier) very, extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally - an intensive used only after taumaha, taimaha and toimaha.
Whakaae tonu mai hoki tērā, tae rawa ake ki te tūnga o te hui i muri o te tina taumaha rukiruki te rōpū i te mōtini (TP 3/1912:5). / And they agreed so that when the meeting was finally started after lunch the group was overloaded with motions.
See also hārukiruki
2. (modifier) very, extremely - follows taumaha or its variants to intensify.
He mahi taumaha rukuruku te whakamōhio i aku kaimahi kei te kati te toa nei, kua kore he mahi mā rātou i konei ā muri o te Kirihimete (HJ 2015:134). / It's a very difficult task informing my workers that this shop is closing and that there'll no longer be jobs for them after Christmas.
hārukiruki
1. (modifier) very, extremely, incredibly, awfully, exceptionally - an intensive used only after taumaha, taimaha and toimaha.
I tanuku tōna tuarā i a ia e hiki ana i te poro rākau. He taimaha hārukiruki nō te poro rākau. / He sprained his back while he was lifting the log because the log was very heavy.
