ngānehenehe
1. (verb) to complain, querulous, peevish, grumbling, whining, hard to please, irritable, fractious.
Kua hōhā au i tērā wahine. Ahakoa te pai o ngā mahi a tō tātou kaiako, kua ngānehenehe mai i ngā wā katoa. / I'm fed up with that woman. No matter how good our teacher's work is, she complains all the time.
Synonyms: mānehenehe
2. (noun) complaint, criticism, peevishness, grumbling, whining, displeasure, irritation, fractiousness, complaining.
Kotahi noa iho pea te tangata i haere mai i te kāinga o te ngānehenehe, engari katoa ētahi atu i haere mai i runga i te ngākau māhorahora, he mārama pea nō rātou ki te kaupapa o te hui (HM 2/1994:3). / There was probably only one person who came from a complaining perspective, but everybody else came with an open mind, probably because they understood the purpose of the gathering.
