whakapairuaki
1. (intransitive verb) to feel nauseous, feel queasy, feel sick, feel disgust.
Nōna ka rongo i ahatia ngā mauhere i taua whenua, ka whakarihariha a roto i a ia, ka whakapairuaki (PK 2008:1126). / When she heard what happened to the prisoners in that country she was disgusted and felt nauseous.
2. (noun) nauseating disgust, revulsion.
Ko te kiko tangata te kai a ētahi o ngā rurenga, ko te whakapairuaki kē te kai a ētahi (PK 2008:1114). / The food of some of the castaways was human flesh, but that of others was nauseating disgust.
Synonyms: whakarikarika, wetiweti, whakarihariha, whakaanuanu, whakahouhou, ongaonga
