ruhi
1. (verb) to be weak, languid, tired, exhausted, spent, lethargic.
Kia roa, ka ruhi ngā tāngata i te kaha mai o Tama-nui-te-rā (HKK 1999:142). / After a while the people became lethargic because of the strength of the sun.
Synonyms: haumaruru, toupiore, ngehe, pāroherohe, iwingohe, whakaparure, parure, turikore, takurutu, tūrūruhi, kiriahi, momoe, korou kore, anuhea, hinamoe, pōuruuru, ārangirangi, pōngenge, tārure
2. (adjective) be weak, languid, tired, exhausted, spent, lethargic.
Ka mea atu te mōkai rā, ‘He hahaka nōu, he ruhi nōu i te pūkanatanga.' (TAH 9/1963:24) / The slave said, ‘You have tired yourself doing the haka and the pūkana.'
