kārangirangi
1. (verb) to be irritating, provoking, unsettled, restless, disillusioned.
I te wā e haere ana ngā rūri o ngā whenua o Ōpua, ka kārangirangi a Maihi ki te awe o te mana o te Tiriti o Waitangi i hainatia rā e tōna pāpā (TTR 1994:44). / At the time that the surveying of the Opua lands was under way, Maihi became disillusioned about the influence of the Treaty of Waitangi, which his father had signed.
Synonyms: pākani, kairangi, ikimoke, karore, kaparangi, irirangi, tāhurihuri, ānau, hikimoke, kārangi, tītengi, kōkeko
2. (modifier) doubtful, dubious.
Whakaarahia anō e ia te kerēme kārangirangi a tōna pāpā i kī rā ko ia te tumu whakarae o Ngāi Tahu katoa (TTR 1994:104). / He revived his father's dubious claim to be paramount chief of all of Ngāi Tahu.
3. (noun) irritation, annoyance.
Ka auroa te tangihanga mō Waitohi i te moutere o Mana, ā, ka tīmata anō te kārangirangi o Ngāti Raukawa ki a Te Āti Awa (TTR 1990:267). / During the prolonged tangi for Waitohi on Mana Island, Ngāti Raukawa irritation at Te Āti Awa re-emerged.
