hīrawerawe
1. (verb) to be irksome, painful, annoying, irritating, disagreeable, cumbersome.
Kotahi te Māori i tū rawa ki te marae, ki te aroaro o te Piriniha, he kahu Māori tōna, engari ko tana mea whakatangitangi he rōria rānei, he aha rānei, engari ko te reo Pākehā he mautiokena. I hīrawerawe taua mea ki ōku kanohi, ki ōku taringa puta noa ki tōku ngākau (TKO 31/7/1920:6). / One Māori stood on the marae before the Prince and he had on a Māori cloak, but his musical instrument was a jew's harp, or some such thing, but in English it is a mouth-organ. In my eyes and to my ears, even to my heart, that thing is irritating.
Synonyms: mamae, tārū, whakamamae, pāwerawera, pāmamae, tārūrū
2. (modifier) irksome, painful, annoying, irritating, disagreeable, cumbersome.
Kaua e whāia ngā tūranga teitei. He tūranga whakaanini māhunga, he tūranga hīrawerawe (RK 1994:221). / Don't pursue lofty positions. They are positions that are stressful and irritating.
3. (noun) irritation, annoyance, irritant.
Tērā anō ia ngā hīrawerawe, he hīrawerawe ririki nei (TKO 31/7/1920:6). / But there were other irritants, and minor annoyances.
