kāore he aha (tahi) ki a [au]
1. I don't care, it doesn't matter to me, no worries, not to worry - an idiom indicating a lack of concern or relevance.
Kei te wiriwiri ō papa mō tō whakamātautau ā-waha āpōpō? Kāore he aha ki a au, i te mea kua whiwhi kē au i ngā māka papai mō aku tuhituhinga. / Are you shaking in your boots about your oral exam tomorrow? I'm not worried. I got good marks for my essays.
Pāora: Engari i kōrero whērā mai taku kaiako. Tīmoti: Kāore he aha tahi, Pāora. He hē tonu te hē. / Pāora: But that's what my teacher said. Tīmoti: I don't care, Pāora. If it's wrong it's wrong.
āwangawanga
1. (verb) to be uneasy in mind, disturbed, worried, anxious, distressed, concerned.
I āwangawanga ngā tohunga e kore e pai te eropereina ki te rere ki te pito o te ao nō te mea i te nui o te huka ka pērā ano hoki te hinu o roto o te mīhini (TTT 1/2/1928:731). / The experts were concerned that the plane will not function flying to the Pole because of the amount of snow will cause the engine's oil to freeze.
Synonyms: māharahara
2. (modifier) doubting, disturbing, worrying, anxious, distressing, concerning.
He pērā anō āna kōrero āwangawanga ki a Pei Te Hurinui Jones (TTR 1998:87). / He expressed similar doubts to Pei Te Hurinui Jones.
3. (noun) distress, concern, anxiety.
E whakaatu ana ngā reta tāroa i tuhia e tētehi ki tētehi i ngā tau atu i 1925 ki 1950, e ū tonu ana te aro mai o Te Rangi Hīroa ki te āhua o ngā mahi e ahu whakamua ana i Niu Tīreni nei, me ōna āwangawanga e pā ana ki te oranga o te Māori (TTR 1996:17). / The lengthy correspondence between them in the years 1925 to 1950 reveals Peter Buck's continued interest in developments in New Zealand and his concern for Māori welfare.
hei aha (atu) [māu]
1. don't worry about it, don't let it bother you, you don't need, why should you care, mind your own business - an idiom indicating a lack of concern or relevance.
Kua pōuri au i ngā kōrero a Ani. Hei aha māu ngā kōrero a tēnā wahine weriweri. / I'm upset about what Ann said. Don't worry about what that horrible woman says.
Hei aha atu māu tā rātou e kī nei. / Don’t pay any attention to what they’re saying.
Hei aha atu mā rātou. / They shouldn't be worried about it.
See also hei aha (noa iho), hei aha atu, hei aha (atu) mā wai?
hei aha (noa iho)
1. there's no point, don't bother, don't worry about it - an idiom indicating that there is no point in pursuing a particular activity.
Homai tō poraka. Māku e kānihi. Hei aha. He moumou tāima. / Give me your jersey, please. I'll mend it. There's no point. It's a waste of time.
Inā nōnā anō tōna hē hei aha noa iho i aroha atu ai. / When it’s her own fault then let’s not have any sympathy.
anipā
1. (verb) to be anxious, uneasy, worried, apprehensive.
Kāti, i te tau 1863, i te noho anipā a ngā Pākehā i roto i tērā takiwā o Te Matau-a-Māui ki ngā kōhimuhimu kei te tino pakari haere te Kīngitanga; nā Whaanga i whakamahea tō rātau mānukanuka (TTR 1990:392). / Well, in 1863 when the Pākehā in the Hawke's Bay district were alarmed at the rumours that the King Movement was strengthening, Whaanga allayed their fears.
2. (noun) anxiety, unease, uneasiness, worry, doubt, apprehension, misgiving, disquiet.
whakaririka
1. (verb) to be anxious, apprehensive, concerned, worried.
Kei te whakaririka te whakaaro o Waikato e ea rānei tana pōwhiri i a Ngāti Maniapoto, ka mau rānei ki te kupu a Mania-uruahu (NIT 1995:243). / Waikato was apprehensive as to whether Ngāti Maniapoto would accept its invitation or whether Maru-uruahu's word would be kept.
2. (verb) to wait anxiously.
E toru wiki, e whā wiki, e rima wiki mātou e whakaririka ana kia tae mai he rongo pai mai i te nuinga (HM 3/1993:3). / We were waiting anxiously for three, four and five weeks for some good news to arrive from the majority.
3. (verb) to remain impassive, ignore provocation, endure, tolerate.
E whakamanawanui ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakapono ana ki ngā mea katoa, e tūmanako ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakaririka kau ana ki ngā mea katoa (PT I Koroniti 13:7). / Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
4. (verb) (-tia) to cower, quail, cringe.
I muri iho i te kohetetanga, ka whakaririka te kurī i tōna nohoanga (Ng 1993:74). / The dog cowered in its kennel after the growling (Ng 1993:74).
5. (verb) (-tia) to slight, snub, affront.
Ka whakaririkatia e ia tētahi wahine o Ngāti Haua (TTR 1996:115). / He snubbed a woman of Ngāti Haua.
6. (verb) (-tia) to dream of.
Ka tuku au, ē, ki taku matua mate, e whakaririkatia iho e au ki te pō (M 2005:274). / I will go to my dead father who I dream about in the night.
aua atu (rā)
1. nonetheless, no matter, nevertheless, never mind, it doesn't matter, who cares, don't worry - an idiom used to indicate that there is nothing to be concerned about.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 106; Te Pihinga Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 40; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 242;)
Kua pau te miraka. Aua atu. Māku e hoko i te ahiahi nei. / The milk's run out. Never mind. I'll buy some this afternoon.
Pare: Ai. I wareware katoa au ki te kuhu tarau roto. Rangi: Aua atu rā. Ko wai ka mōhio (HKK 1999:164). / Pare: Heck. I completely forgot to put on panties. Rangi: Never mind. Who would know.
Synonyms: tonu, hai aha!, hei aha koa, kia ahatia, me aha koa, ahakoa, he ahakoa, hei aha (koa/noa iho), anō
māharahara
1. (verb) (-tia) to think frequently of, think about.
Ka māharahara te iwi rā ki te take e mate ai taua ngārara i a rātou (JPS 1894:166). / The people thought about a plan by which they might kill that reptile.
Synonyms: anipā
2. (verb) to be anxious, preoccupied, worried, apprehensive.
Kāore aku māharahara nō te mea kei te mōhio au kei konei tonu kōrua hei tieki i ā tātou tamariki, me tōna kī ake anō kei te pai, kaua e māharahara atu ki a ia (TKO 15/2/1917:9). / I have no concerns because I know that you two are still here to care for our children and his saying that he is fine and don't worry about him.
3. (noun) anxiety, worry, apprehension.
Engari kua puta mai te māharahara me te mataku ki a au nōtemea i whakakīia aku taringa me tōku ngākau ki te kōrero o te kēhua i a au anō e tamariki ana (TKO 30/1/1921:1). / But I am worried and afraid because my ears and heart were filled with stories of ghosts when I was a child.
mānatunatu
1. (stative) be anxious, worrying, brooding, resentful.
Kia ahatia, e noho mānatunatu tonu ana ngā kaiārahi o te Kīngitanga ki ngā tātai māpere a te kāwanatanga ki a rātou o te whānau me te iwi o Te Rata (TTR 1996:228). / Despite this, the leaders of the King Movement remained resentful of the government's conscription tactics against Te Rata's family and people.
Synonyms: taruhae, tarahae, whakamauāhara
2. (noun) concern, anxiety, worry, apprehension, unease, disquiet.
Inā i whērā katoa ngā iwi i kaha nei te ngaro o te reo arā kē noa atu te ora mai, ā, kua kore i kaha te pā mai o te mānakanaka, o te mānatunatu kei kore e ora ā kō tonu ake nei (HM 3/1997). / If all the tribes that were losing the language had done that it would have been saved long ago and the anxiety that it would not survive into the future would not have been so great.
See also mānakanaka
2. (modifier) hot, afraid, apprehensive, alarmed, anxious, concerned, fearful, uneasy, worried, stirred.
He nui ngā tāngata i ngākau pāwera kei riro ō rātou whenua i ngā mahi a te kāwanatanga hou (HTK 5/8/1893:12) / There are many people who are concerned that their lands will be taken by the acts of the new government.
3. (noun) fear, apprehension, distress, dismay, trepidation, alarm.
Kua tae te pāwera ki te iwi katoa, kua mōhio ka mate rātou e kore tētahi e ora (JPS 1901:71). / Fear had seized the whole tribe, knowing they would die, not one would survive.
2. (modifier) persistent, indefatigable, unflagging, determined, dogged, resolute.
He wahine pikoni ia ki te whawhai mō te reo Māori. / She is a resolute woman in fighting for the Māori language.
Synonyms: urupū, manawa rahi, pūnoke, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, manawanui, hihiri, pukutohe, pūkeke, aumangea, mōtohe, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe, tohetohe, rae pakari, ngākau titikaha, niwha, kiriūka, marohi, mārohirohi, titikaha, whakakiriūka, ū, pukunanaiore, tōkeke
whakatāuteute
1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia) to worry, struggle, be occupied, engrossed.
Ko ngā Arapa anō hoki kei te whakatāuteute kei riro ko ō rātou nā whenua hei wāhi noho mō ngā rerenga nei (HM 1/1991:6). / The Arabs are also concerned that their lands might be taken as places for these refugees to live.
2. (noun) (-hia,-ngia) occupation, object of attention, worry, struggle.
Nā tēnei āhua o te taha rua o tōna whānau, i tautoko ai ia i te taha ki a Te Kooti, i te kāwanatanga rānei, i pai noa iho te whaingākau a Te Hata ki tētahi taha, ki tētahi taha i ngā whakatāuteute mō ngā whenua o Te Wairoa i riro i te rau o te patu (TTR 1998:214). / This dual heritage of his family supporting either Te Kooti or the government allowed Te Hata to relate to both sides in the struggles over Wairoa lands taken by force.
mānakanaka
1. (verb) to be apprehensive, anxious.
Ka haere ngā tau. Haere nei, haere nei, nāwai ā ka oho haere anō tō rātou maunga, ka puhapuha, ka oioi, e mānakanaka ai te iwi (HJ 2015:209). / The years passed. On and on, and eventually their mountain awoke, erupting and shaking causing the people to become anxious.
2. (noun) anxiety, concern, worry, apprehension, unease, disquiet.
Inā i whērā katoa ngā iwi i kaha nei te ngaro o te reo arā kē noa atu te ora mai, ā, kua kore i kaha te pā mai o te mānakanaka, o te mānatunatu kei kore e ora ā kō tonu ake nei (HM 3/1997). / If all the tribes that were losing the language had done that it would have been saved long ago and the anxiety that it would not survive into the future would not have been so great.
Kua uru kē mai te mānakanaka ki roto i a au mō te āhua o te tū ki mua i te kuia nei tuku ai i aku mihi ki a ia (HM 4/2009:1). / I had already become anxious about standing before this elderly lady to pay my respects to her.
manawa pā
1. (verb) to be apprehensive, anxious, have misgivings, loth, reluctant, unwilling.
Kāore e kore i manawa pā tonu ia mō tana tukunga i tana tohu (TTR 1990:34). / No doubt he had misgivings about having given his signature.
Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, korou kore, whakatenetene, whakauaua, manauhea, whakatōngā, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi
2. (noun) concern, apprehension, unease, anxiety, misgiving, disquiet, trepidation, worry, distress, tension.
tūmatatenga
1. (verb) to be apprehensive, anxious, uneasy, worried, concerned.
Kei te pēnei anō a Poihākena, ko ngā wāhi paru o te tāone e kaha ana te pāngia e te mate urutā hou nei. Nā reira, e te iwi, e tūmatatenga ana mātou, ki te whiti mai tēnei mate ki Niu Tīreni nei ko taua, ko te Māori, hei tipinga mā tēnei atua kuku (HKW 1/4/1900:2). / Sydney is in a similar position with the dirty parts of the city being hit hardest by this new epidemic. So, people, we are concerned that if this disease crosses to Aotearoa/New Zealand we, the Māori, will be decimated by this fearful disease.
2. (modifier) apprehensive, anxious, uneasy, concerned.
He pono rā mā te ngākau matatū rāua ko te ngākau tūmatatenga, hohoro tonu te kite, ko te tino kai tēnei o roto o ngā ritenga katoa a 'Te Wananga' i a ia (TW 12/2/1879:23). / It is true that a wakeful and apprehensive heart will quickly see that this is the special meaning of all the procedures of 'Te Wananga'.
3. (noun) anxiety, concern, unease, apprehension.
He nui te pōuri me te tūmatatenga o ngā iwi o te ao, mō runga i te mahi kōhuru a te rōpū manuao o Rūhia i ngā kaipuke mahi ika o te Ingarihi, i te moana whakateraki o Ingarangi (TPH 9/11/1904:6). / Great is the sadness and anxiety of the nations of the world concerning the treacherous deed of Russia's fleet of warships against the English fishing vessels in the seas north of England.
4. (noun) grief, heartache, anguish.
Tēnā koutou e noho mai nā i roto i te pōuri, i te pāwera, i te kōingo i te tūmatatenga, i te rūhā, i te taimaha i te mamae, e kore o taea te kōrero mō ā koutou nei taonga i whakatupu ai mō te ao, kua tangohia hohorotia e Aituā (TPH 30/11/1900:2). / We greet you who are living in sadness, are vulnerable, yearning, grief stricken, exhausted and weighed down by pain. It is not possible to speak adequately about your treasures that were nurtured for the world and taken so swiftly by misfortune.
2. (modifier) stressful, worrying.
Koinei te tauira i puta ai i a ia ngā kaupapa huhua i te nuinga o tōna wā, engari mahue kē mai ana hei take whakapāwerawera kē i a Te Rarawa me Panguru i te mutunga o ōna rā (TTR 2000:44). / This was the pattern she used for many projects for most of her life, but it was stressful within Te Rarawa and at Panguru in her later years.
2. (modifier) stressful, worrying, disturbing, disquieting.
Noho ana tēnei hei take whakarikarika i te whānau whānui tonu (TTR 2000:36). / This remained as a stressful matter within the extended family.
3. (noun) disgust, abhorrence, repugnance, revulsion, antipathy, loathing, hatred.
Ko te pūtake hou o ēnei whakaakoranga he whakahē, he whakarikarika, ki te Karaipiture, ki te Karaiti (TTR 1990:100). / The new element in these teachings was the criticism and loathing of the Scriptures and of Christ.
Synonyms: mauāhara, wetiweti, konekone, whakahouhou, whakarihariha, ongaonga, whakaanuanu, whakapairuaki
2. (verb) to terrify, frighten.
Ki te kore e parea atu ēnei nuka a tērā o ngā reo, ka ngaro haere ngā whakatakoto Māori taketake ake, ā, ka rite te āhua o te reo Māori ki tō te reo Pākehā; ko ngā kupu noa iho ka āhua Māori mai. Whakatuatea ana tērā (HM 2/1994:9). / If these devices of that other language are not avoided, the genuine Māori phrasing will disappear and the nature of the Māori language will become like that of the English language; only the words will be Māori. That's frightening.
3. (modifier) terrifying, terrorism, fearful.
Kua hīkina ngā whakapae whakatuatea i ngā pokohiwi o ngā tāngata tekau mā toru. / The terrorism charges on the shoulders of the thirteen people have been lifted.
4. (noun) terror, terrorism.
Kua tukuna ngā tāngata tekau mā rima e whakapaetia nei mō te whakatuatea ki te kōti matua o te motu. / The fifteen people accused of terrorism have been sent to the country's supreme court.
5. (noun) awe-inspiring leader, sage, mystic - a leader who, because of his great mana, is feared and respected.
I puta anō i ngā whārangi o tā Kere Nikora pukapuka ngā kupu whakanui mō Tāwhiao, mō Tōpia Tūroa, mō Meiha Te Wheoro, mō Pēhi Tūroa me ērā atu whakatuatea o te motu nei (KO 15/10/1884:5). / Words honouring Tāwhiao, Tōpia Tūroa, Major Te Wheoro, Pēhi Tūroa and other awe-inspiring leaders also appeared in the pages of Kerry Nicholls's book.
Synonyms: ruānuku, hīnātore, mātauranga, wānanga
hei aha koa
1. nevertheless.
Hei aha koa, he mea nui ki te tangata whenua ōna kaha i whakapaua e ia, me tana whaiaro (TTR 1996:144). / Nevertheless, his efforts and personality were appreciated by the local people.
Synonyms: anō, me aha koa, ahakoa, he ahakoa, hei aha (koa/noa iho), aua atu (rā)
2. never mind, don't take any notice, don't bother, it doesn't matter, don't worry.
Ka mea mai tō mātau Haihana-Meiha, "Hai aha koa. Kāore e taea te pēhea, e Hēmi." (HP 1991:137). / Our Sergeant-Major said, "Don't worry. Nothing could be done, Hēmi."
See also hei aha!, hei aha (koa/noa iho), koa
Synonyms: kia ahatia, hai aha!, aua atu (rā)
2. (noun) anxiety, concern, worry, distress.
Ka tukua e Ihowa ki a koe te kanga, te tuatea me te whakatūpehupehu (PT Tiuteronomi 28:20). / The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke.
