memeha
1. (verb) to be weak, limp, lacklustre.
Kīhai ia i mutu te whakahauhau i ngā tamariki kia pai tō rātou noho, kia āta whakaaro rātou ki ngā mea o te Atua, kia whakarērea e rātou ngā mea memeha o tēnei ao (TJ 3/8/1899:10). / He did not stop urging the children to live well, to consider carefully the things of God and to abandon the weak things of this world.
Synonyms: waitau, wana-kore, mehameha, haumate, toti, tīmohea, tākohekohe, tāngange, totitoti, momohe, ngongohe, parure, pīngohengohe, pingohe
2. (verb) to dissolve, wane, dissipate.
Nō te tau 1903 ka mutu te mahi a Te Popi, otirā ko ngā mahi i oti i a ia ka meingatia hei tohu whakamaharatanga e kore nei e memeha (TTT 1/7/1925:266). / In 1903 Mr Pope's work ended, but the tasks that he completed will be as a memorial and will never dissipate.
3. (noun) dissolving.
He tere ake te memeha o te huka i te wai wera, tērā i te wai mātao (RP 2009:286). / The dissolving of sugar is faster in hot water than in cold water.
