whakahōhā
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to irritate, annoy, bother, harass.
Ehara tana wairua whakatūpato māori i te mea hei whakahōhā i tētehi rōpū tōrangapū e kore ana e pai ki ngā mahi whakahou whakakorikori (TTR 1996:143). / It was not as if his innate caution was a bother in a political party that did not favour dynamic reform.
2. (modifier) troublesome, tiresome, tedious.
Kei ngā hui Māori ka noho noa iho ia ao noa, pō noa, ka manawanui tonu ki te whakarongo ki ngā kōrero roa, kōrero whakahōhā noa, a te tangata āmiki kōrero māna (TWMNT 13/2/1877:18). / At Māori gatherings he would sit day and night determined to listen to the interminable and wearisome accounts of people giving every detail to him.
3. (noun) nuisance, bother, hassle, inconvenience.
E mea ana anō koutou, Nana, te whakahōhā! (PT Maraki 1:13). / Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!
Synonyms: whakapōrearea, hōhā, pōrearea
