pāwerawera
1. (verb) to be painful, hot, heated.
Kia āhua roa e pāwerawera ana, ka whakamaroke te tinana o te tūroro ki tētahi tāora, ā ka kuhu ai he kahu maroke (TTT 1/9/1928:846). / When the patient has been hot for quite a long time, dry the body with a towel and put on dry clothes.
Synonyms: mamae, tārū, whakamamae, pāmamae, hīrawerawe, tārūrū
2. (noun) burning sensation.
3. (noun) distress, awe, dread, fear, alarm, terror.
Ki te mea tētahi tangata kua tūkinotia ia e tētahi, kaua ia e whakarite i te utu mō tōna matenga; e kore hoki e tika tana whakarite, he nui hoki nō tōna riri, nō tōna pāwerawera (KO 10/9/1890:6). / If a person is mistreated by another, he should not retaliate in like manner for that hurt; it is never right to respond in like manner because of one's anger and distress.
