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!
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.
Synonyms: pākikini
