hungry - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

hemo i te kai

1. (stative) be hungry.

Ka hemo au i te kai (W 1971:45). / I'm hungry.

2. (verb) to starve.

hemokai

1. (stative) be hungry.

Kātahi ka whakahaua e te Minita o taua whenua kia taka he tina mā mātou, kei hoki rawa mai ai mātou i te tekau mā tahi o ngā hāora ka hemokai (TAH 54:42). / Then the Minister of that area ordered dinner to be prepared for us lest we return at 11 o'clock hungry.

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2. (verb) to starve.

Ka hemokai te pā, ka kai ki te rākau tae atu ki te tangata (TKO 12/10/1918:10). / The people in the pā were starving and ate plants and even people.

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3. (noun) hunger.

Tekau, tae ki tekau mā rua ngā rā e haere puku ai te kāmera e kore e mate i te hemokai, i te kore wai rānei (TWMNT 15/3/1897:341). / The camel can go without food for ten to twelve days without being overcome by hunger or lack of water.

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hiakai

1. (stative) be hungry.

Ka muia a Mangakāhia e te Pākehā e hiakai ana ki ōna whenua i Whangapoua (TTR 1994:51). / Mangakāhia was plagued by Pākehā hungry for his land at Whangapoua.

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2. (noun) hunger.

Mutu rawa ake te tau 1866, kua riro mā Tītokowaru te ope Hauhau e ārahi; ā, nō tōna kitenga tērā rātou ka mate i te hiakai, kātahi ka whakahuangia te tau 1867, ko 'te tau o te rēme' he wā rangimārie (TTR 1990:271). / By the end of 1866 Tītokowaru had obtained the leadership of the Hauhau and realising that they were starving, he pronounced 1867 as 'the year of the lamb', a time of peace.

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matekai

1. (stative) be hungry.

Ka mōmona ko te rangatira o te hōtēra i ngā moni a te pāpā, ka pōrangi ko ia i te waipiro, ka haere tahanga, matekai hoki, ko ngā tamariki me tō rātou kōkā (TP 5/1911:2). / The owner of the hotel grows fat from the money of the father who is crazy from alcohol, while the children and their mother go without anything and are starving.

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2. (noun) hunger, starvation.

Ka puta te matekai ki te pā o Te Whetū-matarau (TTR 1990:115). / Starvation overcame the people of the pā of Te Whetū-matarau.

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mate kai

1. (stative) be hungry.

I kai ai i ō mātou hoariri, hei ngaki i te mauāhara a te ngākau pukuriri, ehara i te mate kai i kainga ai te tangata, engari he kai i te hoariri, kia ngata ai te ngākau kino ki a ia (JPS 1896:4). / We ate our enemies to satisfy the hatred of the angry heart, not through hunger after man's flesh, but enemies were eaten to assuage the bitter feelings we had.

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pīkoko

1. (verb) to be hungry.

Kua tuhia tēnei papakupu hei āwhina i te hunga e pīkoko ana ki te whakapakari i tō rātou mōhio ki te reo Māori. / This dictionary has been written to assist the people hungry to improve their knowledge of the Māori language.

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2. (noun) hunger.

Kai atu, kai atu, tē paku hawa, tē paku koto rānei, engari ia, kaha kē atu ko te pīkoko ki tāna i āhei ai te whāngai mai (HM 4/2009:1). / I ate and ate but was not even a little satisfied nor did I tire of it, but instead my hunger increased for whatever she was able to feed me.

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