manauhea
1. (verb) to be weak, in ill health, reluctant.
Heoi anō pea te rere kē matua ko te kore i manauhea o ō nahe kaitito ki te kōpaki i te whakaaro ki te kupu e titi ai taua whakaaro rā ki te hinengaro o te kaiwhakaoko (Kāretu 2009:2). / However perhaps the main difference is that the composers of antiquity were not reluctant to encapsulate their thoughts with words that would penetrate the listener's mind.
Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, manawa pā, korou kore, whakatenetene, whakauaua, whakatōngā, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi
2. (modifier) reluctant.
I a Pita Moko e tiki ana i ngā pukapuka uruwhenua i te kāwanatanga manauhea, i Maunga Taranaki me Parihaka kē a Rātana me tōna whānau e torotoro haere ana i te 18 o Maehe 1924 (TTR 1996:153). / While Pita Moko was obtaining passports from a reluctant government, on 18 March 1924 Rātana and his family were visiting Mt Taranaki and Parihaka.
3. (noun) ill health, poor health.
Nā te manauhea o Kaihau i te Hepetema o 1911 ka tukua ia kia tū wātea i te Pāremata mō ngā rā 14 (TTR 1994:37). / Because of ill health, in September 1911 Kaihau was granted 14 days' leave of absence from Parliament.
