wenerau
1. (verb) to grumble at, censure.
Ko ngā mahi i tutuki i a ia he mea whakarāpopoto pēnei nā Pereiha i a ia e wenerau ana i a Hikapuhi, arā, i haere atu ia i tētehi tāone ki tētehi atu, i tētehi kāinga ki tētehi atu, huri noa i te koroni, whārikiriki ai i tōna mana (TTR 1996:55). / Her achievement was summed up by A. L. D. Fraser in the course of condemning Hikapuhi: she went from one town to another and from village to village, and as she wandered all through the colony her mana spread with her.
2. (noun) envy, scorn - often used in the phrase te mūrau a te tini, te wenerau a te mano the dread of the multitude, the envy of thousands.
Haere rā, e Te Mākarini, i oti anō i a koe ngā kino o te motu nei. Haere rā, te murau a te tini, te wenerau a te mano (TWMNT 13/3/1877:69). / Farewell, Mr McLean, you who repressed all evil in this island. Go, the dread of the multitude, the envy of thousands.
Synonyms: tokoreko, whakareko, whakapuwheto, whakapuheto, aniani, whakakurīmōri, whakahāwea, whakaiti, hahani
