tired - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

tire

1. (loan) (noun) tilde.

ohere

1. (adjective) sleepy and weary.

ngenge

1. (verb) to be weary, tired, fatigued.

Hoki rawa ake ia ki te kāinga i te tau 1920, e ngenge, e māuiuitia ana te tinana (TTR 1998:30). / When she finally returned home in 1920, she was tired and ill.

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2. (noun) tiredness, weariness, exhaustion.

Kua tīmata ngā ākonga ki te hītako i te ngenge. / The students have started yawning because they're tired.
Te kaha o taku ngenge, ka takoto au ki runga i te kaupapa kōhatu o te whare karakia, moe tonu atu (HP 1991:160). / Because I was so tired I lay down on the stone floor of the church and slept.

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pāngū

1. (verb) (-tia) to abate.

Ka pāngūtia te hau (W 1971:258). / The wind abated.

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Synonyms: tau, mārie, māwhe

2. (verb) to be boring, tired of, fed up with, bored, wearied of, surfeited.

Ka pāngū rawa te manuhiri i tēnā kai (W 1971:258) / The visitors tired of that food.

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pau [te] hau

1. be exhausted, out of breath, run out of steam, worn out, tired, used up.

Ka tau mai ki ngā kura reo, e pau ana te hau, ka hoki atu e hikohiko katoa ana te ngākau (HM 4/2008:3). / I arrived at the language learning gathering worn out and when I returned home I was enthusiastic.

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Synonyms: kua pau [te] hau, hēmanawa, pukā, tūngāngā, ngaengae, naenae, hē te manawa

wherū

1. (verb) to be weary, tired, exhausted, worn out - usually of people.

Ahakoa kua kaumātua, ehara i te mea kua wherū - kei te eke pahikara tonu, kei te mahi tonu i tana māra (PK 2008:1172). / Despite being elderly it's not as if he lacks energy - he still rides a bicycle and continues working in his garden.

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2. (noun) weariness, lethargy, tiredness, lassitude.

Nā te wherū tonu o tana mate, ko te mutunga iho ka whakahaua kia tino whakaokiokitia e ia tana tinana (TTR 1996:58). / Because of the debilitating effects of her illness, eventually she was ordered to have complete rest.

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Synonyms: iwingohe, tīrohea, tūrūruhi, korou kore, whakangoikore, māngeretanga, maiarohea, maiorohea, rohea, rowhea, pōuruuru, hakorea

parohea

1. (verb) to be tired, drooping, wilted.

Ahakoa oma atu ki hea, ki te mahau rānei o te whare, ki raro rānei i te "whiro tangiweto" o te marae, parohea ana tērā te tangata i te kaha mai o te rā (HM 2/1994). / No matter where one retreated to, whether the verandah of the house or the weeping willow of the marae, a person wilted from the strength of the sun.

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koto

1. (verb) to be loath, averse, disinclined, tired of.

Kai atu, kai atu, tē paku hawa, tē paku koto rānei, engari ia, kaha kē atu ko te pīkoko ki tāna i āhei ai te whāngai mai (HM 4/2009:1). / I ate and ate but was not even a little satisfied nor did I tire of it, but instead my hunger increased for whatever she was able to feed me.

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Synonyms: whakawhēuaua, pū

ruhi

1. (verb) to be weak, languid, tired, exhausted, spent, lethargic.

Kia roa, ka ruhi ngā tāngata i te kaha mai o Tama-nui-te-rā (HKK 1999:142). / After a while the people became lethargic because of the strength of the sun.

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Synonyms: haumaruru, toupiore, ngehe, pāroherohe, iwingohe, whakaparure, parure, turikore, takurutu, tūrūruhi, kiriahi, momoe, korou kore, anuhea, hinamoe, pōuruuru, ārangirangi, pōngenge, tārure

2. (adjective) be weak, languid, tired, exhausted, spent, lethargic.

Ka mea atu te mōkai rā, ‘He hahaka nōu, he ruhi nōu i te pūkanatanga.' (TAH 9/1963:24) / The slave said, ‘You have tired yourself doing the haka and the pūkana.'

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ruwha

1. (verb) to be weary, exhausted, ragged, worn out.

Kotahi te Pākehā, ko te Kōra tōna ingoa, i haere atu i runga i te tāhuna paruparu ki te kawe atu i te pātara waipiro ki ngā tāngata i runga i taua poti, i te hokinga mai tōtahi ka mate i te pōharuharu, nā te mea i ngōki mai i runga i te paru i tae mai ai ki uta, tae rawa mai kua ruwha noa iho (TWMNT 11/7/1876:172). / A Pākehā named Cole went over the mud flat with a bottle of alcohol to the people on that boat, and on returning in a little while he had difficulties with the bog because he had to crawl over the mud to reach the shore. When he finally arrived he was exhausted.

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Synonyms: kanu, kuha, kanukanu, pakaru, ruha, tāwekoweko, taretare, kōhangaweka, hīraurau

2. (modifier) exhausting, very tiring.

He mahi ruwha rawa ia te piki i taua maunga, he kino rawa nō te ara (TWMNT 2/5/1876:103). / But climbing that mountain was an exhausting task because the path was so bad.

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3. (noun) shabby garment, worn-out garment, worn-out fishing net, rag, etc.

Ka pū te ruwha, ka hao te rangatahi (KO 15/2/1883:14). / When the worn-out net lies in a heap the new net goes fishing. (A whakataukī for describing the the succession of a younger person to the work of a retiring elder.)

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Synonyms: tawhetawhe, ngetangeta, ruha, mara, tāweru, petapeta, karukaru

4. (noun) exhaustion, tiredness.

He mea hoki e pāngia ai te tangata e te mate, mā te mākū, mā te makariri, mā te ngenge, mā te ruwha, i te mea kāore te tinana i te kaha (TP 1/4/1901:6). / Another reason that a person becomes sick is because of the wet, cold, tiredness and exhaustion, because the body is not strong.

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hongehongeā

1. (stative) be tired of, bored, out of patience, tedious, tiresome, fed up.

Ka āhua hongehongeā anō a matatau kia whakanohoia mai ki waenga o autaia, a autaia rānei ki waenga o matatau (HM 4/1997:7). / The advanced ones were a little bored when placed with the less advanced and vice versa.

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2. (modifier) tired of, bored, out of patience, tedious, tiresome.

Ki konā ngā akonga hongehongeā atu ai he aha te aha, e ū ana a kuia ki tāna! (HM 4/1998:1) / There were the students becoming bored, but grandmā stuck to her task!

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hokehokeā

1. (stative) be tired of, bored, out of patience, tedious, tiresome, fed up.

Roa noa atu e whanga ana ki a koe, ā, hokehokeā noa i te whanganga (W 1971:56). / I have been waiting for you for a long time and I'm fed up with waiting.

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hōnene

1. (verb) to be enervating, exhausting, tiring, debilitating.

I hōnene ki a au te hā o te wharepuni (Ng 1993:127). / To me the atmosphere of the meeting house was tiring.

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ioio

1. (verb) (-tia) to cut into strips.

He mea ioio te mangō kia wawe te maroke (W 1971:78). / The shark was cut into strips so that it would dry quickly.

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2. (stative) be hard, not friable (of soil).

He ioio te oneone o te whenua nei (W 1971:78). / The soil of this land is not friable.

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3. (stative) be stiff (from being tired).

Ka ioio ōku waewae i te roa o te haerenga (W 1971:78). / My legs were stiff from the long trip.

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4. (noun) sinew, muscle, nerve, nervous system.

Ko te roro te pū o te pūnaha ioio e whiwhi ana, e tuku ana i ngā karere, e whakahaere ana i ngā wāhanga katoa o te tinana (RP 2009:345). / The brain is at the centre of the nervous system, receiving and sending messages to control all parts of the body (RP 2009:345).

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Synonyms: akaaka, pūnaha ioio, io, uaua, maihara, iaia

whakakuru

1. (verb) to be weary, tired, fatigued.

I te mahi tōku pāpā mai i te waru o ngā hāora i te ata ki te tekau o te pō - nā whai anō i whakakuru ai! / My father was working from eight o'clock in the morning until ten at night - no wonder he was weary!

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whakakurutahi

1. (verb) to be weary, tired, fatigued.

Heoi anō te mahi, he noho, he mātakitaki ataata mō te katoa o te rā - nā konā anō i whakakurutahi ai (PK 2008:1097). / All they had to do was sit and watch videos all day - so that's why they were so tired.

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