whanewhane
1. (modifier) irritable, irascible, grumpy, quick-tempered, hot-tempered, petulant, testy, touchy.
Ko te uru, he kehu, arā, i āhua whero, ā, kāhore i tikitikia; he mea puhipuhi kia pūhihi, ā nui noa atu te āhua pokuru, me te āhua whanewhane nei i te tū mai (JPS 1896:4). / Their hair was also light-coloured, that is reddish, and never bound up in a top-knot, it was bunched out to be stiff, and appeared in lumps (or tufts), and they looked irritable as they stood there.
2. (noun) internal organ - a word that occurs in 19th Century newspapers, suggesting it was used for internal organs generally as well as specific ones, including the liver, kidneys and lungs (see below).
He whakapopo i ngā niho, he whakahauā i te korokoro me te atewharowharo, me ngā whanewhane katoa o te kōpū; he whakakeretā i ngā roro me ngā akaaka katoa o te tinana (TKM.MM 20/8/1862:21). / It rots the teeth, damages the throat and lungs, and all the organs of the abdomen, and destroys the brain and all the nerves of the body.
3. (noun) kidney.
He kai whakamate te pia i te toto, i te kōpū, i te whanewhane, i te ate, i te ngākau, i te tinana katoa (KO 15/11/1883:4). / Beer is a food that destroys the blood, the stomach, the kidneys, the liver, the heart and the whole body.
Synonyms: mama, whatukuhu, whatumanawa, tākihi, atewhatukuhu
4. (noun) lung.
E patu toropuku ana te tupeka i te tangata i te rā, i te rā, ā, e āta haere nō ana whakaninihitanga ki te patu i te ate, i ngā whanewhane, i ngā whatumanawa, i ngā pongaponga, i ngā wheua, i ngā roro, i ngā niho, i ngā makawe, i ngā karu, i te korokoro, i ngā uaua, i te toto, i te arero, i te kirimoko (KO 15/7/1884:8). / Tobacco gradually kills a person each day and slowly and insidiously it destroys the liver, the lungs, the kidneys, the nostrils, the bones, the brains, the teeth, the hair, the eyes, the throat, the arteries, the blood, the tongue and the skin.
Synonyms: pūkohukohu
