auwhi
1. (stative) be hindered, bothered, hampered, distressed, bothersome.
Ka tangi a Māhu, ka auwhi; ka mutu tana auwhi, ka whakatauakī, “Ākuanei rā au te haere ai i te nuku o te whenua ki te kimi i te ara e haere ai te tangata ki te pōuriuri, ki te pōtangotango, ki tua o Paerau oti atu (JPS 1899:122)." / Māhu lamented and was sad, at the end of which he uttered his saying, “Presently will I travel over the land to seek a means by which these men shall go down to the uttermost depths of darkness, beyond Paerau, and there die."
2. (noun) distress, grief, anxiety, sadness.
Ka tangi a Māhu, ka auwhi; ka mutu tana auwhi, ka whakatauakī... (JPS 1899:122). / Māhu lamented and was sad, at the end of which he uttered his saying...
Synonyms: pōuri, tiwhatiwha, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, auhi, whakapōuri, mōteatea, matapōuri
