whakamamae
1. (verb) (-tia) to hurt, inflict pain, feel pain, torment, torture.
Āna whepu, he waipuke, he hemo kai, he mate urutā, he hoari, me ērā atu mea whakamamae, whakamate tāngata (TH 10/1860:1). / His punishments are floods, famines, pestilence, war, and other things which cause suffering and death to people.
2. (verb) to be in labour.
I te wā e whakamamae ana te wahine i te whānautanga, ka mauria ia ki te tohunga (Te Ara 2015). / At the time the woman was in labour at childbirth, she was taken to a tohunga.
3. (modifier) painful, hurtful.
Kei te mahara tonu te iwi ki ngā mahi whakamamae a te Hāhi o Pīhopa Herewini, i te whakaekenga o ngā hōia kāwanatanga i te rohe o Waikato (TTR 2000:84). / The people still remember the painful actions of Bishop Selwyn’s church with the government soldiers' attack on Waikato.
Synonyms: mamae, tārū, pāwerawera, pāmamae, hīrawerawe, tārūrū
4. (noun) pain, hurt.
He whakamamae hoki tāna, he takai anō (PT Hopa 5:18). / For he maketh sore, and bindeth up.
Synonyms: kōharihari, ngau, pākikini, pākinikini, mamae, māngeongeo, kōrangaranga
5. (noun) labour (childbirth).
Ko te whakamamae a te wahine hei tohu i te tīmatanga o te wā whakawhānau (RP 2009:453). / The woman's labour is an indication of the beginning of childbirth.
