aurere
1. (verb) to groan, moan.
I hea rātou i roto i ngā tau maha i aurere ai ngā Māori i te taimahatanga o ngā mate huhua i runga i a rātou? (TWMNT 21/8/1878:4). / Where were they during the years in which the Māori people were groaning under the burden of the multitude of afflictions affecting them?
Synonyms: tarawene, komekome, kōnanunanu, kūnanunanu, hanguru, whakatautau
2. (modifier) wildly, inconsolable, in despair - often follows tangi as an intensifier to indicate very emotional and prolonged crying.
Hei konei ka pānuitia e te minita ngā ingoa o ngā tamariki, i tuhituhia i runga i te kōhatu. I ngā ingoa e pānuitia ana ka tīmata te tangi aurere o ngā kōkā o ngā tamariki (TP 4/1905:6). / At this point the minister read out the names of the children written on the stone. While the names were being read out the wailing of the children's mothers started.
3. (noun) groan, complaint, grumble, moan.
Ka nui rawa atu te taumahatanga kei runga i ngā Māori. Ka rongo au i ngā aurere a ngā Māori ka mate te haere ki ngā tāone pāmamao kei reira te Kōti Whenua Māori e noho ana (Te Ara 2015). / The expense the Māori are put to is very great. I have heard of complaints of Māori that they have had to travel to distant towns where the Native Land Court is sitting.
