wene
1. (verb) to be jealous, envious.
Ka mea anō a Tāwhaki ki a rātau, “Ee, kei te wene koutou kei eke te toru rau i a au! Kāti noa te harawene, e hoa mā!” (TAH 35:20) / Tāwhaki said to them, “Hey, you are all jealous that I might manage three hundred! Stop being jealous, my friends!”
Synonyms: taruhae, tūāhae, tarahae, hae, harawene, pūhaehae, pukā
2. (modifier) dissatisfied, disgruntled.
He mea hoatu ngā whenua potapotae o Te Whanganui-a-Tara ki a ia, engari, nā ngā rīriri ki a Ngāti Toa ka heria e ia te hunga wene nei a Ngāti Mutunga me Ngāti Tama ki Rēkohu, arā, ko te ingoa Māori ko Wharekauri, i te tau 1835 (TTR 1996:137). / He was given the land around Wellington Harbour, but because of quarrels with Ngāti Toa he took the dissatisfied Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Tama to the Chatham Islands in 1835.
3. (noun) envy, jealousy.
I kore ai e nui tō tātou hari ki ngā mea kei a tātou nei nā tō tātou hiahia, nā tō tātou wene ki ngā mea a ētahi atu tāngata (TP 10/1906:11). / We are not happy with the things that we have because of our desire and envy for the things of other people.
Synonyms: taruhae, tarahae, pūāhaehae, hae, harawene, pūhaehae, tūāhae
