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mamae

1. (stative) be painful, sore, hurt.

Ki te mau mātau e takahi ana i tēnei ture a rātau, ka whiua mātau ki te kirikau, ki te pirita rānei, mamae rawa (HP 1991:32). / If we were caught disobeying this rule of theirs we were punished with the strap or a supplejack cane and it really hurt.

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Synonyms: whakamamae, tārū, tārūrū, hīrawerawe, pāmamae, pāwerawera


2. (noun) ache, pain, injury, wound.

Ko hūpē, ko roimata hei whakamauru noa i te mamae e kai kino nei, ā, mā te wā rawa te rāwakiwaki e whakangaro (HM 4/2009:4). / Mucus and tears will ease the intense pain and eventually in time the depression will recede.

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Synonyms: pākikini, pākinikini, whakamamae, ngau, kōrangaranga, māngeongeo, kōharihari


3. (noun) bullroarer - a traditional Māori musical instrument made of wood, stone or bone attached to a long string. A Taranaki term.

See also pūrerehua

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