takeo
1. (verb) to be tedious, wearisome, trying, boring.
Ka hoki tonu aku mihi ki aku kaiwhakaako e kaha nei ahakoa takeo ai i ētahi wā i te kōroiroi, i te kōioio tonu mai o ngā ākonga, ko te nuinga ia inā kē noa atu te pai (HM 3/1998:5). / My thanks go to my energetic teachers, who despite sometimes being fed up with the unwillingness and stubbornness of the students, were mostly outstanding.
2. (modifier) tedious, wearisome, trying, boring, frustrating.
Ka nui kē te mahi takeo i ngā mahi ake a te Māori ki te whakapai ngātahi i ngā kaupapa nei, e rahua haere tonutia ana hoki i te kore e āhei o te Māori ki te whakawhiwhi ki tētahi pūtea tārewa, whai wāhi rānei ki ngā tikanga whakangāwari tāke (TTR 1998:123). / Independent Māori efforts to make progress in these matters were continually frustrated by the inability of Māori to raise loans or take advantage of tax concessions.
3. (noun) tediousness, tedium, boredom, monotony, tiresomeness.
Ahakoa anō te takeo o te mahi, e hia marama kē i pau i a Pēpene e ngana ana kia whakaae i a ia ngā rangatira nui (TTR 1996:28). / Despite the tediousness of the work, Pēpene spent many months persisting in an effort to gain the consent of important leaders.
