hongehongeā
1. (stative) be tired of, bored, out of patience, tedious, tiresome, fed up.
Ka āhua hongehongeā anō a matatau kia whakanohoia mai ki waenga o autaia, a autaia rānei ki waenga o matatau (HM 4/1997:7). / The advanced ones were a little bored when placed with the less advanced and vice versa.
2. (modifier) tired of, bored, out of patience, tedious, tiresome.
Ki konā ngā akonga hongehongeā atu ai he aha te aha, e ū ana a kuia ki tāna! (HM 4/1998:1) / There were the students becoming bored, but grandmā stuck to her task!
See also hongeā
