mehameha
1. (verb) to be weak, limp, lacklustre, boring, uninspiring.
Ko ngā whare hoko kua whakakapia, ā, mehameha ana ngā tāone, kāhore he tāngata e kitea ana ki ngā haurahi (MM.TKM 1/1/1855:16). / The houses of business have closed, and the towns are desolate, for there is nobody to be seen in the streets.
Synonyms: wana-kore, memeha, haumate, waitau, parure, pīngohengohe, pingohe, tāngange, tākohekohe, tīmohea, toti, totitoti, momohe, ngongohe
2. (verb) to be lonely, solitary, lonesome, isolated, forlorn.
Kātahi anō tērā ka haramai tonu, Waikanae, ka kānaenae ngā kanohi o Hau; ko Waimeha, ka mehameha a Hau (JPS 1927:281). / Finally he came on to Waikanae, so named from the glancing of Hau's eyes; then Waimeha, where Hau was lonesome.
3. (verb) to be ashamed, embarrassed.
Kāore e mehameha te tangata ki tana kōrero (W 1971:200). / The man isn't embarrassed by what he said.
4. (noun) loneliness, isolation, lonesomeness, solitude.
Ko te wikitoria kei a koe, ko te mehameha ko te pōuri kei a mātou (TP 3/1907:2). / Yours is the victory, while we are left with loneliness and despondency.
