2. (noun) tiredness, weariness, exhaustion.
Kua tīmata ngā ākonga ki te hītako i te ngenge. / The students have started yawning because they're tired.
Te kaha o taku ngenge, ka takoto au ki runga i te kaupapa kōhatu o te whare karakia, moe tonu atu (HP 1991:160). / Because I was so tired I lay down on the stone floor of the church and slept.
