2. (modifier) reluctant, difficult.
Ko ngā karerehe o taua whenua kua matemate e rite ana ki te 60 i te 100, ko te 40 e ora ana ehara i te ora tōtika, he ora whakawhēuaua nō ētahi whenua ngā kai he tiawhe, he ōti me ērā atu kai maroke (TP 3/1903:9). / Sixty out of each hundred animals of that area have died, and the 40 that have survived are not in good shape; some areas are coping with difficulty with chaff, oats and other dry foods as fodder.
Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, manawa pā, korou kore, whakatenetene, whakauaua, manauhea, whakatōngā, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi
