kaimōhū
1. (verb) to be solitary, disconsolate, dejected, despairing, grief-stricken, heartbroken.
Kāti, nei koa ēnei whakaaro iti noa mōu, kei te tuahine, he pupūnga ake nō te aroha e ngau kino nei. Kaimōhū ana tērā te noho ki te ao tūroa nei i te korenga anō o taku kōtuku noho awa e kupa, e koko (HM 1/.1994:1). / Well, here are these inadequate thoughts about you, my sister, because my affection wells up and distresses me. Remaining here in the world of the living where my river-dwelling white heron no longer soars is unbearable.
2. (noun) despondency, dejection, despair, melancholy.
I roto i te rau tau atu i 1800 ka riro te nuinga o ngā whenua o te Māori. Nā tēnei āhuatanga tau mai ai te pōuri me te kaimōhū ki te tini (Te Ara 2015). / Most of the land of the Māori was lost in the 19th century. Because of this, sadness and despondency settled on many people.
Synonyms: ruku popoi, whakaingoingo, matapōuri, āroharoha, rāwakiwaki, whakapōuri
