whakauaua
1. (verb) (-tia) to try strenuously.
Te naomanga atu o te tama mātāmua ki te paihere rākau, whakauaua noa, ko tōna tangata mārōrō taua korokē, whakauaua noa, tē whati (TMT 15/4/1861:14). / The eldest son grabbed the bundle of sticks and tried strenuously again and again - that fellow was very strong - but be could not succeed in breaking them.
2. (verb) (-tia) to make difficult.
He taero nui tēnei hei whakauaua i te taumaha o te whakatipu tamariki (Te Ara 2014). / This is a big hindrance that makes the challenge of raising children more difficult.
3. (modifier) strenuous, reluctant.
Kua kitea mai ōna tāngata whakauaua, ōna tāngata ātete i ā tātou kaupapa reo Māori (HM 4/1994:11). / His reluctant and resistant people to our Māori language cause had been revealed.
Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, manawa pā, korou kore, whakatenetene, manauhea, whakatōngā, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi
4. (modifier) complicating, complex, difficult.
Ko tētahi āhuatanga whakauaua anō o te pōti, nā te tū anō hoki o ētahi atu kaiwhakataetae takawaenga tokowhā; tokorua rāua, ko Rima Wakarua ko Pēpene Eketone, he mōrehu nā Rātana (TTR 1998:158). / An aspect complicating the voting was the participation of four independent candidates, two of whom, Rima Wakarua and Pēpene Eketone, were followers of Rātana.
5. (noun) difficulty, complexity, complication.
Kaua e whakaurua mai he āhuatanga hou hei whakauaua i te āhua o te mahi, mō te whakauaua noa iho te take (Pa 1996:12). / Don't introduce new features to make the nature of the task difficult merely for the sake of making it difficult.
