tiwhatiwha
1. (stative) to be dark, gloomy in mind, sad, downhearted, depressed.
Tiwhatiwha te pō, tiwhatiwha te ao (TP 9/1908:7). / Gloom and sorrow prevail, day and night.
Synonyms: pōkē, whakahiatangi, whakapōuri, matapōuri, āroharoha, pōuri, whakakiwakiwa, taukuri, ruku popoi, manatu, whakaaroha, kiwa, kiwakiwa
2. (verb) to be blunted, take the edge off.
Ka tiwhatiwha te toki i te mārō o te rākau (Wharehuia 2016). / An axe will be blunted by the hardness of the timber.
3. (noun) sadness, grief, sorrow, misery, unhappiness, depression, despondency, dejection.
Inā tirohia e tātou ngā waiata a rātou mā, e kīia nei he waiata aroha, ka kitea ko te nuinga he rite kē ki te waiata tangi i te kaha o te hōripiripia o te ngākau, tau mai ana ko te rāwakiwaki, ko te kōrangaranga, ko te pūkōnohinohi, ko te tiwhatiwha hei whakataumaha i te wairua o te tangata (Kāretu 2009:1). / When the songs of the ancestors called love songs are examined it will be seen that the majority are similar to laments because thy slash at the heart and instill grief, pain, yearning and sadness to weigh down a person's spirit.
Synonyms: kōtonga, whakapāwera, mōkinokino, auhi, whakapōuri, poautinitini, matapōuri, pōuri, auwhi, matarehu, matapōrehu, hinapōuri, pōuritanga, mōteatea
