pōkeka
1. (verb) to be perplexed, distressed, upset, troubled, agitated.
Nō te rongonga mō te mate, ka pōkeka rātau (Ng 1993:107). / When they heard the news about the death, they were distressed.
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha
2. (modifier) perplexed, distressed, upset, troubled, agitated.
Ahakoa ōna raruraru pōkeka i ngā mahi whakahaere whenua, ko tāna i kī atu ki a Te Mete, aua atu ērā raruraru, ka nui kē atu ki a ia āna mahi tuhituhi (TTR 1996:196). / Despite his distressing problems over land matters, he told Percy Smith that those problems did not matter as his writing was much more important.
