pūkōnohinohi
1. (verb) to yearn, long for, pine for.
Kua pūkōnohinohi ko te ngākau i te whakaarotanga iho ki ngā hoa kua ngaro atu ki te pō. / My heart yearns when I think of my friends who have died.
Kua pūkōnohinohi ko te ngākau o ētahi ahungarua mō ngā rā o mua. / The heart of some elderly people long for former days.
Synonyms: whakamomori, kōhau, konau, hiangongo, warawara, wawata, kaimomotu, ohia, mānakonako, wara, kūata, kuika, kūwata, tōmina, kare, kuatau, manako, whakangākau, ōkaka, hihiri, tāmina, āmene, korou, popono, pūkōnohinohi
2. (noun) yearning, longing.
Inā tirohia e tātou ngā waiata a rātou mā, e kīia nei he waiata aroha, ka kitea ko te nuinga he rite kē ki te waiata tangi i te kaha o te hōripiripia o te ngākau, tau mai ana ko te rāwakiwaki, ko te kōrangaranga, ko te pūkōnohinohi, ko te tiwhatiwha hei whakataumaha i te wairua o te tangata (Kāretu 2009:1). / When the songs of the ancestors called love songs are examined it will be seen that the majority are similar to laments because thy slash at the heart and instill grief, pain, yearning and sadness to weigh down a person's spirit.
Synonyms: tōmina, kuatau, mina, mōhukihuki, kāwatawata, matenui, hihiri, koroingo, manako, korotū, maingo, minamina
