tūreikura
1. (verb) to be miserable, depressed, wretched, dejected, despondent, downcast, disconsolate.
Tūreikura ana ia i kino o ana māka mō ana whakamātautau. / She was despondent about how bad her marks were for her exams.
Synonyms: pākatokato, poururu, whakapōuri
2. (modifier) bewitched.
Nui atu te māuiui me te matemate o ngā tamariki a taua iwi. Ka whakapaengia nā te takatakahi i ngā wāhi tapu, me te raweke i ngā kōhatu tūreikura (TTR 1990:92). / There was much sickness and child mortality among the tribe. This was blamed on the desecration of sacred places and on meddling with bewitched stones.
