2. (modifier) very, extremely - follows taumaha or its variants to intensify.
He mahi taumaha rukuruku te whakamōhio i aku kaimahi kei te kati te toa nei, kua kore he mahi mā rātou i konei ā muri o te Kirihimete (HJ 2015:134). / It's a very difficult task informing my workers that this shop is closing and that there'll no longer be jobs for them after Christmas.
