whakaririka
1. (verb) to be anxious, apprehensive, concerned, worried.
Kei te whakaririka te whakaaro o Waikato e ea rānei tana pōwhiri i a Ngāti Maniapoto, ka mau rānei ki te kupu a Mania-uruahu (NIT 1995:243). / Waikato was apprehensive as to whether Ngāti Maniapoto would accept its invitation or whether Maru-uruahu's word would be kept.
2. (verb) to wait anxiously.
E toru wiki, e whā wiki, e rima wiki mātou e whakaririka ana kia tae mai he rongo pai mai i te nuinga (HM 3/1993:3). / We were waiting anxiously for three, four and five weeks for some good news to arrive from the majority.
3. (verb) to remain impassive, ignore provocation, endure, tolerate.
E whakamanawanui ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakapono ana ki ngā mea katoa, e tūmanako ana ki ngā mea katoa, e whakaririka kau ana ki ngā mea katoa (PT I Koroniti 13:7). / Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
4. (verb) (-tia) to cower, quail, cringe.
I muri iho i te kohetetanga, ka whakaririka te kurī i tōna nohoanga (Ng 1993:74). / The dog cowered in its kennel after the growling (Ng 1993:74).
5. (verb) (-tia) to slight, snub, affront.
Ka whakaririkatia e ia tētahi wahine o Ngāti Haua (TTR 1996:115). / He snubbed a woman of Ngāti Haua.
6. (verb) (-tia) to dream of.
Ka tuku au, ē, ki taku matua mate, e whakaririkatia iho e au ki te pō (M 2005:274). / I will go to my dead father who I dream about in the night.
