hūneinei
1. (verb) to be angry, annoyed, vexed, irritated, irate.
Ki te pīrangi koe koinei hei reo mōu, tēnā kia tika mai i a koe, ka whakarongo ki te hunga matatau me tā rātou kī mai, 'Me pēnei kē, me pērā kē' rānei, engari kaua e amowheke, e hūneinei noa! (HM 3/1998). / If you want this to be a language for you, then do it properly and listen to the people who are fluent when they say, 'Do it this way, or that way', but do not be annoyed or angry.
2. (noun) anger, vexation, resentment, bitterness, rancour.
Mau tonu te hūneinei o rātau ko tōna reanga rangatira ki ngā mahi tūkino a te kāwanatanga i te murunga i ō rātau whenua i te tekau tau atu i 1860 (TTR 1998:146). / He and his generation of leaders remained incensed at the injustice of government land confiscations in the 1860s.
Synonyms: taruhae, ngaukino, whakamau, whakariri, hīkaka, hūngeingei, tūāhae
