mate kanehe
1. (verb) to desire, have affection for, yearn, fancy, lust after, want.
Ka mate kanehe atu ia ki a Manaia (Te Ara 2016). / She lusted after Manaia.
Synonyms: mate wahine
2. (modifier) in love, passionate, fervent.
Ka tūtaki a Puhiwahine ki a Hauāuru, he māhuri tōtara nō Ngāti Matakore, hapū o Ngāti Maniapoto. Ka piri rāua i te piri mate kanehe (TTR 1994:93). / Puhiwahine met Hauāuru, a young chief of Ngāti Matakore, a hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto. They fell in love.
Synonyms: remurere, panapana, manawawera, kohara, ngākau whiwhita
3. (noun) romance, love affair, ardour, desire, affection, yearning, fancy, lust, infatuation.
E rongonuitia ana a Tūtānekai i tōna mate kanehe ki a Hinemoa (Te Ara 2016). / Tūtānekai is best known for his romance with Hinemoa.
Synonyms: pohane
4. (noun) anguish, distress, torment, heartache.
I te nui o tōna mate kanehe ka tangi atu a ia ki te iwi tūrehu, kia tōia a ia ki te moana kia mutu ake ai te aroha i a ia (Te Ara 2011). / Because of his great anguish he cried out to the fairy-like creatures of the forest to drag him into the ocean, so that his pain might be ended.
