tūmatatenga
1. (verb) to be apprehensive, anxious, uneasy, worried, concerned.
Kei te pēnei anō a Poihākena, ko ngā wāhi paru o te tāone e kaha ana te pāngia e te mate urutā hou nei. Nā reira, e te iwi, e tūmatatenga ana mātou, ki te whiti mai tēnei mate ki Niu Tīreni nei ko taua, ko te Māori, hei tipinga mā tēnei atua kuku (HKW 1/4/1900:2). / Sydney is in a similar position with the dirty parts of the city being hit hardest by this new epidemic. So, people, we are concerned that if this disease crosses to Aotearoa/New Zealand we, the Māori, will be decimated by this fearful disease.
2. (modifier) apprehensive, anxious, uneasy, concerned.
He pono rā mā te ngākau matatū rāua ko te ngākau tūmatatenga, hohoro tonu te kite, ko te tino kai tēnei o roto o ngā ritenga katoa a 'Te Wananga' i a ia (TW 12/2/1879:23). / It is true that a wakeful and apprehensive heart will quickly see that this is the special meaning of all the procedures of 'Te Wananga'.
3. (noun) anxiety, concern, unease, apprehension.
He nui te pōuri me te tūmatatenga o ngā iwi o te ao, mō runga i te mahi kōhuru a te rōpū manuao o Rūhia i ngā kaipuke mahi ika o te Ingarihi, i te moana whakateraki o Ingarangi (TPH 9/11/1904:6). / Great is the sadness and anxiety of the nations of the world concerning the treacherous deed of Russia's fleet of warships against the English fishing vessels in the seas north of England.
4. (noun) grief, heartache, anguish.
Tēnā koutou e noho mai nā i roto i te pōuri, i te pāwera, i te kōingo i te tūmatatenga, i te rūhā, i te taimaha i te mamae, e kore o taea te kōrero mō ā koutou nei taonga i whakatupu ai mō te ao, kua tangohia hohorotia e Aituā (TPH 30/11/1900:2). / We greet you who are living in sadness, are vulnerable, yearning, grief stricken, exhausted and weighed down by pain. It is not possible to speak adequately about your treasures that were nurtured for the world and taken so swiftly by misfortune.
