2. (verb) to be very ill, seriously ill, ailing, oppressed.
Nō Maehe o 1919, ka whakatuwheratia tētehi whare hou i Ngāruawāhia hei pāremata mō Te Rata, erangi kīhai ia i tae, i te mea e taimaha ana te māuiui i runga i a ia (TTR 1996:227). / In March 1919 a new building for Te Rata's parliament was opened in Ngāruawāhia, but he did not attend because he was too ill.
Synonyms: tūpoupou
3. (modifier) heavy, weighty.
Ko te tangata e hara ana ki tētahi wahine mārena, ka āhei te whiu ina whakawākia kaua hei neke atu i te 100 rau tāra, ā kia rua rānei ngā marama e mahi taimaha ana ki ngā huanui (TPH 15/8/1900:3). / The man who abuses a married woman can be punished when he is sentenced with no more than $100 or two month's hard labour on the roads.
4. (noun) weight, heaviness, burden.
Nō te 31 o Maehe 1915, ka rīhaina ia i tana tūranga. Nā te taimaha o ngā mahi i mahia e ia, ahakoa te āhua o Tāwhirimātea, a ia i whakamāuiui (TTR 1994:56). / On 31 March 1915 he resigned because of ill health brought on by heavy work in all kinds of weather.
