mānatunatu
1. (stative) be anxious, worrying, brooding, resentful.
Kia ahatia, e noho mānatunatu tonu ana ngā kaiārahi o te Kīngitanga ki ngā tātai māpere a te kāwanatanga ki a rātou o te whānau me te iwi o Te Rata (TTR 1996:228). / Despite this, the leaders of the King Movement remained resentful of the government's conscription tactics against Te Rata's family and people.
Synonyms: taruhae, tarahae, whakamauāhara
2. (noun) concern, anxiety, worry, apprehension, unease, disquiet.
Inā i whērā katoa ngā iwi i kaha nei te ngaro o te reo arā kē noa atu te ora mai, ā, kua kore i kaha te pā mai o te mānakanaka, o te mānatunatu kei kore e ora ā kō tonu ake nei (HM 3/1997). / If all the tribes that were losing the language had done that it would have been saved long ago and the anxiety that it would not survive into the future would not have been so great.
See also mānakanaka
