1. (noun) tribulation, suffering, distress, misery, hardship, trouble.
Ā, muri tonu iho i te whakapāwera i aua rā, ka whakapōuritia te rā, e kore anō e titi te atarau (PT Matiu 24:29). / Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light.
Synonyms: tiwhatiwha, kōtonga, mōkinokino, auhi, whakapōuri, poautinitini
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