pākikini
1. (verb) to ache, hurt, pain, suffer.
I taua hui, ka pāngia a Mākarini, te tama mātāmua a Ngata e te kōea, ā, i te hoa rangatira o Ngata, i a Arihia e tiaki ana i a Mākarini i te kāinga, ka pā anō hoki taua mate ki a ia. He ika paerua te parekura, nā te mea kāre i taea wawetia te tiki he rongoā tika mō rāua. Pākikini ana te ate o Ngata, ā, he wā a Ngāti Porou rāua ko Tainui e noho matakēkē ana (TTR 1996:108). / At the hui Mākarini, Ngata's eldest son, contracted dysentery and while Ngata's wife, Arihia, was nursing Mākarini at home, she caught it too. Both died before they could get proper medicine. Ngata was devastated, and for a time there was ill feeling between Ngāti Porou and Tainui.
Synonyms: pākinikini, mamae, māngeongeo, kōrangaranga, ngau, whakamamae, kōharihari
2. (noun) pain, anguish, hurt, pang, distress, grief, heartache.
Ka pā ki a ia te pākikini aroha ki tana kare ā-roto kua mate. / She felt a pang of sorrow for her soulmate who had died.
Synonyms: pākinikini
