2. (noun) yearning, grieving.
Puta mai ana te kōnonohi me te muri aroha i te ngākau ina titiro atu ki te tini o te tamariki e whai ana, e whakatau haere ana i muri i te kāwhena o tō rātou hoa (TWMNT 5/10/1875:230). / The sight of all the many children following after the coffin of their friend brought out the grieving and deep sympathy in the heart.
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