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pākinikini

1. (verb) to ache, hurt, pain, suffer.

He aha kei taku ate ka pakinikini nei! (TWMNT 17/8/1875:191). / What is it that pulls at my heartstrings!

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Synonyms: pākikini, mamae, māngeongeo, kōrangaranga, ngau, whakamamae, kōharihari


2. (noun) pain, anguish, hurt, pang, distress, grief, heartache.

I takea mai tēnei mahi i te pākinikini o te ngākau ki ngā tūpuna kua wehe atu ki te pō. / This work originated from the grief for the ancestors who have gone to the world of the dead.

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Synonyms: pākikini

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