hē
1. (verb) (-ngia) to be wrong, mistaken, incorrect.
Kīhai i hamumu te waha o ngā tuākana, nō te mea kua hē tā rātou (NM 1928:171). / The elder brothers didn't say anything because what they had done was wrong.
I tōna hokinga mai i taua whenua, ina te whenua o tētahi o ōna hoa whawhai; whakaahua kētia ana e Rīhari ōna kākahu kia hēngia mai ai he ware noa iho (MM.TKM 30/6/1859:5). / When he returned from that land, because he was in the land of one of his enemies, Richard dressed so that he would be mistaken as just a commoner.
2. (verb) to be contaminated.
Mehemea he paru te paraihe, ka hē te māhunga mā (TTT 1/4/1923). / If the brush is dirty the clean hair will be contaminated.
3. (verb) to be going downhill, in difficulty, in trouble, going awry.
Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe i te rongonga o māua i te hē haere koe i ngā ākinga a ahungarua, a mātāpūpututanga (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I were planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you because we had heard that you were going downhill in your approaching old age and advancing years.
4. (modifier) incorrectly, wrongly, in bad condition, in the wrong way - to indicate something done or handled incorrectly.
E kore ēnei kōrero o ngā iwi o Tainui e tirohia hētia mehemea me mahue te wāhi nui o ēnei raruraru (NIT 1995:325). / These narratives of the Tainui tribes will not be looked at in the wrong way if we leave out most of these troubles.
I whanowhanoā au i te tuhi hē o tōku ingoa ki te tieki. / I was annoyed that my name was written incorrectly on the cheque.
