māreherehe
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to trouble, annoy, provoke.
Nāna i whakakīkī kauaka hei whakatūngia anō he pā, kei māreherehe te iwi (TTR 1990:306). / He persuaded them not to erect another pā lest it was seen as provocation.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, whakapātari, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe
2. (noun) trouble.
Mehemea, ka haere i runga i te kūwaretanga, i te wāina, i te pia, i te parani, me ērā atu kai whakatautauhea i te tangata, tērā e kite i tā rātou māreherehe, i ngā māniania, i ngā whakatenetene; ā, ka whakatiorotia ngā taringa ki ngā karanga whakakaitoa, o te tini, o te mano (KO 15/3/1884:4). / If they had gone in ignorance with wine, beer, brandy and other substances that debauch people, then we would understand their trouble, the problems and the annoyance, and we would have been assailed with the strident recriminating calls of the mass.
rararu
1. (stative) be in difficulty, perplexed, troubled.
Nā ngā mahi hoko whenua i rararu ai te iwi o Īhāia Hūtana ā mate noa ia, tārewa tonu ai ngā auētanga mō te poraka o Aorangi i riro rā i te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:29). / Land sales had adversely affected Hutana's people right up until he died, and the grievances concerning the Aorangi block remained unresolved.
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha
2. (noun) problem, trouble.
Ko tērā rararu e kōrero nei ia ko te raruraru ki Ōmarunui (TWMNT 7/11/1876:281). / That problem that is is talking about is the difficulty at Ōmarunui.
Synonyms: kūrakuraku, pōrahurahu, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, raruraru, raru, mate
hē te manawa
1. (stative) be out of breath, out of heart, failing health, in difficulty, in trouble.
I ōna tekau tau whakamutunga, kua hē te manawa; kua mōhio e kore e eke i te Pāremata tētahi kaupapa hei whakatutuki i ana tūmanako mō Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:104). / In the final decade of his life, in failing health, he knew he would not achieve success in parliament with his hopes for Ngāi Tahu.
Synonyms: tūngāngā, hēmanawa, pau [te] hau, pukā, ngaengae, naenae
pāiriiri
1. (verb) to be uneasy, troubled, upset, bothered, distressed, perturbed.
Mehemea e pāiriiri ana tō ngākau, kō Ōna kupu ēnei, "Haere mai ki ahau, e koutou katoa e māuiui ana, e taimaha ana, ā, māku koutou e whakaokioki." (THM 1/10/1890:7). / If your heart is troubled, His words are these, "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
Synonyms: pairi, pāihi, tāhurihuri, ārangi, koromāungaunga
pairi
1. (verb) to be uneasy, troubled, upset, bothered, distressed, perturbed.
Ka pairi tōku ngākau ki te pukapuka a Ngāti Porou (W 1971:250). / I am perturbed about Ngāti Porou's document.
Synonyms: pāihi, tāhurihuri, ārangi, pāiriiri, koromāungaunga
2. (noun) uneasiness, disquiet, concern, terror, worry, alarm, trepidation, fear.
Ko te whakawehi, ko te pairi, ko te āwangawanga i tae mai ki a Ngāti Kahungunu i te rongo o te ope ngaki i te mate o Te Umu-kohukohu (M 2006:416). / Fear, distress and dread came over Ngāti Kahungunu at the news of the war party seeking revenge for the death of Te Umu-kohukohu.
pōkeka
1. (verb) to be perplexed, distressed, upset, troubled, agitated.
Nō te rongonga mō te mate, ka pōkeka rātau (Ng 1993:107). / When they heard the news about the death, they were distressed.
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha
2. (modifier) perplexed, distressed, upset, troubled, agitated.
Ahakoa ōna raruraru pōkeka i ngā mahi whakahaere whenua, ko tāna i kī atu ki a Te Mete, aua atu ērā raruraru, ka nui kē atu ki a ia āna mahi tuhituhi (TTR 1996:196). / Despite his distressing problems over land matters, he told Percy Smith that those problems did not matter as his writing was much more important.
pōrahurahu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to be perplexed, confounded, embarrassed, awkward, careless, heedless, confused.
Ka tīmata te pupuhi ko te matenga tonutanga tēnei o te Rūhia, i te ohorere o te kōkiri a Tōkō, i te kaha, i te pukuriri, kua pōrahurahu noa iho te Rūhia (TP 6/1905:6). / When the bombardment began this was the downfall of the Russians and because of the suddenness, strength and ferociousness of Togo's attack, the Russians were quite confounded.
Synonyms: tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha, raumahara
2. (modifier) perplexing, annoying, careless, heedless, confused, troublesome.
I kī pēnei rātou mōna, arā, he tangata tohetohe ki te riri, he tangata pōrahurahu, makamaka kōrero haere noa tōna āhua (TTR 1994:111). / They said that he was a combative, annoying person, rather intemperate in discourse.
Synonyms: pōkaikaha
3. (noun) trouble, grievance, concern, problem, bother.
Hei whakatutuki māna i ngā pōrahurahu o Te Roroa, whakawherewheretia ana e ia ngā tokorua nei, a Te Kōti, ko ia te Mema Pāremata mō Kaipara, i 1928, me te Tiuka o Koroheta i 1935 (TTR 1998:19). / In an endeavour to resolve Te Roroa grievances, she lobbied J. G. Coates, MP for Kaipara, in 1928 and the Duke of Gloucester in 1935.
Synonyms: kūrakuraku, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, raru, mate
2. (verb) to be restless, tossed about.
E tāhurihuri ana te waka i te ngaru i te ia hoki o taua wāhi, ana ka pari te tai, ka timu rānei (JPS 1946:34). / Canoes may be tossed around by the waves and the current of that place when the tide is coming in or going out.
Synonyms: kairangi, ikimoke, karore, kaparangi, irirangi, kārangirangi, ānau, hikimoke, kārangi, tītengi, kōkeko
3. (verb) to be perturbed, troubled, disconcerted, at a loss.
Tāhurihuri kau ana a Tūhourangi rātou ko tōna iwi, ka mate rātou i te whakamā i te kai kore o te kāinga (White 5 1888:55). / Tūhourangi and his people were perturbedd and they were overcome with embarrassment at the lack of food of their village.
Synonyms: pairi, pāihi, ārangi, pāiriiri, koromāungaunga
2. (adjective) be difficult, hard.
He uaua ki a au te whakawā, me te whiu i a rātou i te mea ko te kāwanatanga anō nāna i whakaae ngā mīhini petipeti (TP 10/1906:2). / It is difficult for me to give judgement and to punish them beacuse the government itself allows totalisators.
3. (modifier) difficult, hard, demanding.
He tūranga uaua te tūranga i riro i a ia (TTR 2000:187). / The position that he took on was a difficult one.
4. (noun) difficulty, dilemma, problem, trouble.
Mai i tōna taitamarikitanga, ahakoa ngā uaua me ngā taupatupatu i waenganui i tōna matua me Te Kooti, i kaha tonu te mau a Takurua ki ngā kawenata o te Hāhi Ringatū, kore rawa ia i whakaae kia whakamōrea (TTR 1998:194). / From his youth, despite difficulties and arguments between his father and Te Kooti, Takurua was a strong adherent of the covenants of the Ringatū church and would never agree to compromised them.
Synonyms: pōrahurahu, pōraruraru, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, raru, mate, kūrakuraku
5. (noun) sinew, muscle, vein, artery.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 21;)
Ka mahi noa ētahi uaua i ā rātou mahi, ahakoa e moe ana, e oho ana rānei te tangata, kāore ēnei uaua e whakahaerehia e te tangata (RP 2009:424). / Some muscles function involuntarily whether a person is asleep or awake. These muscles are not controlled by the person.
See also me uaua (kē) ka ...
ki hea noa iho
1. that's just asking for trouble, you're tempting fate - an idiom expressing the speaker's belief that what has been suggested will end badly.
Rangi: E Mā, kei te haere au ki Bosnia. Pare: Ai, kaua e haere. Ki hea noa iho koe mate kurī noa iho ai (HKK 1999:105). / Rangi: Mum, I'm going to Bosnia. Pare: Oh! Please don't go. You'll just get killed.
Ā, e hāngai ana anō tēnei ki a tātou, te hunga pakeke. Ki hea noa iho tātou raruraru ai ki te rite tonu tō tātou ngākau kawa ki te reo o iwi kē (HM 2/1996:2). / And this is also applicable to us, the older generation. We are asking for trouble if we have a bad attitude towards the dialects of other tribes.
pōrearea
1. (verb) (-tia) to be annoyed, bothered, pestered, harassed, troubled.
Heoi ka pōrearea ahau i te pouaru nei, nā ka takitakina e ahau tōna mate, kei haere tonu mai ka mate ahau i te hōhā (PT Ruka 18:5). / Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
2. (modifier) nuisance, get in the way, tiresome, importunate, bothersome, demanding.
Ka mea mai rātou ki a ia, “E mātau ana koe ki te ara?” Ka kī atu a Māui, “Me rapu noa ake e au.” “E tama! Kātahi anō te mahi pōrearea nāu, kāore koe e haere mārire i runga i ō hiahia, hei matua aha mō mātou?” (JPS 1929:19). / They said to him, “Do you know the way?” Māui answered, “I will find it somehow.” “Boy! What a tiresome quest is this of yours. Why do you not just quietly endeavour to achieve your aims. What do we want a parent for?”
3. (noun) nuisance, pest (person), interruption.
He roa te wā mai i te tokonga ake o te whakaaro ki te putanga ki te whai ao, ki te ao mārama engari i ū rātou ahakoa ngā pōrearea, ngā pīroiroi (HM 1/1997). / It's been a long time from the inception of the idea to its fruition but they were determined despite the interruptions and distractions.
Synonyms: whakahōhā, whakapōrearea, hōhā
(ko) taua āhua kē anō
1. in trouble again, at it again - an idiom to suggest that someone or something is back in the same predicament as at some time previously.
I mahara au kua mutu tana kai paipa. Mea rawa ake, ko taua āhua kē anō. / I thought she had stopped smoking, but it hasn't been long before she's taken it up again.
mate
1. (stative) be dead, deceased, killed.
E kīia ana, nā tētahi kuia o Tūhourangi, he tangi mō ngā rangatira maha o tērā iwi i mate i te horonga o Mokoia i a Ngā Puhi (M 2004:134). / It is said that it is a lament by an elderly woman of Tūhourangi for the many chiefs of that tribe who were killed by Ngā Puhi in the fall of Mokoia.
2. (stative) be sick, ill, ailing, unwell, diseased.
Hei ētahi wa i te Māori e mate ana, i te ohonga ake i te pō e kī ana tōna waha i te toto (TPH 15/6/1902:1). / Sometimes when a Māori person is ill, on waking in the night her mouth will be full of blood.
Synonyms: tarutaruhea, māruru, tūroro, tūpoupou, māuiui
3. (stative) be overcome, beaten, defeated, conquered, vanquished.
Maia-a-te-ahu. Kei roto o Uawa, kei te huarahi atu i Mangaheia ki Waimata, i mate ai Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti i a Ngāti Porou (M 2004:144). / Maia-a-te-ahu. A place in the Ūawa valley (Tolaga Bay), on the road from Mangaheia to Waimata, and the place where Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti were defeated by Ngāti Porou.
Synonyms: poko, raupatu, tae, pārure, takapapa, whakatūoi, whara, whakatina, wikitōria, pāpā, where, kake, poke, tārū, hinga
4. (stative) be in want of, lacking, overcome, deeply in love.
Tekau, tae ki tekau mā rua ngā rā e haere puku ai te kāmera e kore e mate i te hemokai, i te kore wai rānei (TWMNT 15/3/1897:341). / The camel can go without food for ten to twelve days without being overcome by hunger or lack of water.
5. (stative) be extinguished.
Ehara, kua weto taua ahi. Ana, tae rawa atu hoki a Mahuika ki te whare, kua mate noa iho i te ua (NM 1928:19). / Low and behold, the fire had been put out. And so when Mahuika returned to the house, it had been extinguished by the rain.
6. (stative) be calmed down, decreased, diminished, subsided, abated (of the sea, wind, etc.).
Nō te 10 o ngā rā ka mate te hau, kātahi ka rere ngā tima tae ana anō ki Ōpōtiki (TWM 23/9/1865:2). / On the 10th day the wind subsided, then the ships sailed arriving again at Ōpōtiki.
7. (noun) death.
E kīia ana hoki ko te take nui i haere mai ai te ope a Hongi Hika, i whakaekea ai a Mokoia, he takitaki i te mate o Te Pae-o-te-rangi rātau ko ōna hoa o Ngā Puhi, i patua e Tūhourangi ki Motutawa, i Rotokākahi (M 2004:134). / And it is said the main cause for the raid by the war party of Hongi Hika, which attacked Mokoia Island, was to avenge the death of Te Pae-o-te-rangi and his Ngā Puhi comrades, who had been killed by Tūhourangi on the island of Motutawa in Rotokākahi lake (Green Lake) (M 2004:135).
8. (noun) misfortune, problem, defect, trouble, defeat, calamity.
Kātahi anō ka ea te mate o Ngā Puhi (JPS 1990:33). / Then finally the defeat of Ngā Puhi was avenged.
Synonyms: maiki, maruaaitu, maikiroa, aituā, wairuatoa, pōrahurahu, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, raru, kūrakuraku
9. (noun) sickness, illness, disease.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 156-157; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 121-125, 127, 132-135;)
pōrahu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to annoy, trouble, flummox.
I te hokinga atu ki te kāinga ki te haka i te haka nei ki ō rātau mātua, pōrahua noa ana te hunga harakore nei, ka tūmatakuru kē mai ō rātau kaumātua (TTR 2000:208). / When they returned home to perform the haka to their parents, they were flummoxed by the consternation of their elders.
2. (verb) to be perplexed, embarrassed, careless, heedless.
Kua riro katoa te mana i a Te Kuīni; kei te pōrahu noa te Māori i runga i te whenua (TKP 20/9/1858:6). / The Queen has taken all the power and the Māori are left perplexed on the land.
See also pōrahurahu
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha
3. (adjective) be awkward, clumsy, uncoordinated.
He pōrahu noa iho ngā ringa a te kapa i tā rātou haka (RMR 2017). / The arm actions of the group were quite uncoordinated in their haka.
4. (noun) awkwardness, clumsiness.
Ira te pōrahu o tērā kaihaka! / Look at the awkwardness of that performer.
2. (noun) problem, trouble, difficulty, predicament.
I te hokinga mai o Parāone, kāore i rerekē ake ki a ia ngā pōraruraru o te hunga kāinga i ngā pōraruraru o ngā tāngata katoa o te ao (TTR 2000:169). / Brownie returned home knowing that people’s problems were no different from the problems elsewhere in the world.
Synonyms: matawaenga, mōrearea, harapuka, kūrakuraku, pōrahurahu, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, raru, mate
2. (noun) consternation, dismay, disquiet.
He nui atu te pororaru o ngā Pākehā o te tāone nei, o Whanganui, i te korenga o te Kāwana e whakaritea e te Mea kia tae mai ki konei (TJ 20/9/1898:1). / There is great consternation amongst the Pākehā of this town of Whanganui because the Mayor did not arrange for the Governor to visit here.
2. (modifier) ill-fated, disastrous, calamitous, fateful, unlucky, unfortunate, accidental.
Nō te tākiritanga o tana taha ka oho ake; mōhio tonu he tohu aituā (NIT 1995:313). / When his side twitched he woke up, knowing immediately that it was a bad omen.
3. (noun) ill omen, trouble, tragedy, calamity, disaster, catastrophe, accident, fatality, misfortune, injustice, death - although often used in modern Māori to mean 'accident', the term traditionally implied that there were reasons for the calamity, including violation of tapu, of mākutu, or some other disturbance of the natural order.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 75-96, 140-153;)
