atarua
1. (verb) to be poor-sighted, vision-impaired.
I te tamarikitanga o te tangata e pakari ana e māia ana, ka koroheketia, ka atarua te kanohi, ā, ka mau ki te tokotoko (TH 1/10/1860:3). / When people are young, they are strong and bold, but when they become elderly, their eyesight becomes poor and they use a walking stick.
Synonyms: kōnakonako
2. (modifier) weak (of eyesight).
Koia tēnei he mōhiti karaihe mō ngā kanohi atarua (KO 20/12/1887:7). / This is why there are spectacles for weak eyes.
3. (noun) blurred vision, dim vision, poor eyesight, seeing double.
Nā i taua wā kei te takoto a Eri i tōna wāhi, kua tīmata hoki ōna kanohi te atarua, kāhore hoki i āta kite (PT 1Hamuera 3:2). / And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see.
Synonyms: hinapō
2. (adjective) be thin, lean, skinny, emaciated, in poor condition.
Tokorua ngā mātua, he pakari, engari ko ngā tamariki he hīroki ngā tinana (RK 1994:108). / Both parents were well-built, but the children's bodies were skinny.
3. (modifier) lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
4. (noun) leanness, thinness, slimness, poor condition.
I whakamihi ia mō te pai o te whakatupu o ngā tamariki Māori, ā, i whai kupu te hauwarea me te hīroki o ngā tamariki Pākehā (TKO 30/6/1919:6). / He acknowledged the healthy growth of Māori children and spoke about how weak and skinny Pākehā children were.
kōnakonako
1. (stative) be poor-sighted.
Synonyms: atarua
2. (noun) dazzling light, glare.
Te kaha o te kōnakonako o te rā (W 1971:133). / The strength of the sun's glare.
2. (loan) (modifier) poor, in poverty, impoverished, destitute.
Ka waiho tātou me tō tātou koroni hei koroni rawakore hei iwi pōhara i raro i te ao (TJ 19/7/1900:3). / We and our colony are left as an impoverished colony and a poor people at the bottom of the world.
3. (loan) (noun) poverty, poor person, pauper.
Ko te whakahoki tēnei, i ngā tīmatanga mai o tēnei mahi o te patu wēra, me te tīmata mai anō o te hē o te Māori, arā, te pōhara, ā taea noatia te rā o tō pātai, koia tēnei i a koe e pātai nei he pōhara nō te Māori (TW 16/11/1878:10/578). / This is the reply, that when whaling began, that was the beginning of the Māori’s problem, that is, poverty, and right up to when you asked your question, the answer to your question is that the Māori are poor.
Synonyms: pōwhara, tuakoka, whakapōhara, hāhoretanga, hahoretanga, mūhore, pūhore
rawakore
1. (modifier) poor, destitute, without property - sometimes written as rawa-kore and rawa kore.
Na, ko tua atu ko te itinga o te whenua ko Patakonia, ko taua wāhi he whenua māeke, noho rawakore ana te iwi; ko tā rātou kai he ika, ko ngā kākahu he peha kekeno, he peha kurī (TWMNT 27/8/1873:102). / Now, beyond that in the less important part of the country is Patagonia, which is a cold land, where the people are poor, their food is fish and the clothes are of seal skins and dog hide.
2. (noun) poor, destitute, underprivileged.
Ko Rotaera (tētahi tino tangata whai moni kei te ao nei) ko ngā moni e £8,000 i riro mai i a ia te winitanga o tōna hōiho i te Reihi i Pārihi kua tuwhaina e ia aua moni mā ngā rawakore (TJ 28/6/1898:2). / Rothschild (one of the richest men in the world) who received £8,000 when his horse won the race in Paris, has distributed that money for the poor.
pōwhara
1. (loan) (verb) to be poor, poverty-stricken, broke, hard up, destitute, impoverished.
Ko ngā tāngata e haere ana ki taua waipiro, mā rātou e haere ki roto mate ai, pōwhara ai, tāhae ai, kōhuru ai, puremu ai (KO 14/4/1883:6). / The people who go to liquor, they will go inside to become sick, to be in poverty, to steal, to commit murder and adultery.
See also pōhara
2. (loan) (modifier) poor, in poverty, impoverished, destitute.
Nāna i tini ai he pouaru, he pani, he whakapoto i ngā tau o te tangata, he whakamamae ngākau, he whakamaha i ngā tāngata o ngā whare herehere, o ngā whare pōwhara (KO 15/7/1883:8). / That's why there are so many widows, orphans, shortened life spans, heart ache, and many people in the jails and poor houses.
3. (loan) (noun) poverty, poor person, pauper.
He arawhata tēnei e tuwhera ana ki ngā tāngata katoa, ki ngā rangatira, ki te ware, ki te kīngi, ki te pōwhara (TKO 31/5/1919:3). / This is a stairway open to all people, aristocrats and commoners, kings and the poor.
Synonyms: pōhara, whakapōhara, hāhoretanga, hahoretanga, mūhore, pūhore, tuakoka
2. (modifier) poverty-stricken, destitute, extremely poor.
Ka aroha ngā whānau tuakoka i te wā o te Kirihimete. / How sad it is for the poverty-stricken families at Christmas time.
3. (noun) poverty, penury, destitution, extreme poverty.
Mō te tūpono peka māori mai koutou kia kite i tēnei whakahaere e kī nei mātou e mate ana i te tuakoka, i te pōhara, he whakatūpato noa atu tēnei kia kaua e whētuki i te āhua o tō mātou tari (HM 3/1994:6). / In case you make an unscheduled visit to see this operation, we are saying we are poverty-stricken, which is a caution to not be shocked at the nature of our office.
Synonyms: pōwhara, pūhore, whakapōhara, pōhara, hāhoretanga, hahoretanga, mūhore
whīroki
1. (verb) to be lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
2. (adjective) be lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
Tōna roa e toru putu, he kōiwi kau tōna āhua, he whīroki rawa hoki (TWMNT 14/12/1875:298). / His height was three feet and his build was just bones, and he was extremely thin.
3. (modifier) lean, emaciated, thin, skinny, slim.
4. (noun) leanness, thinness, slimness, poor condition.
Ko Pīkau-te-rangi te mea i pōuri mō te whīroki o ngā ika i whakawhiwhia ai ki a ia me tōna ope (NIT 1995:349). / Pīkau-te-rangi was the one who was disappointed about the poor condition of the fish provided for him and his party.
aroha ana
1. how sad, poor things.
Aroha ana rātou i te mea 150 nei pea mātou te hunga whakaeke, Ä, waimarie ka eke te hunga kāinga ki te tekau! (HM 4/1998:7). / How sad for them because there was about 150 of us, the visitors. And the hosts would be lucky to reach ten!
Synonyms: i wā rātou nei (hoki)
i wā rātou nei (hoki)
1. poor things, how sad, how pitiful, they can't help it.
Ko te hunga e whakahē noa mai ana mō te whakahē noa te take - i wā rātou nei hoki! (Kāretu 2016). / The people just criticising for the sake of criticising - how pitiful!
I wā rātou nei, nōhea e haere mai. / The poor souls, there's no way will they come.
Synonyms: aroha ana
i [wāna] nei (hoki)
1. it's a pity, how sad for [her], poor thing - an idiom expressing one's pity for another's condition. wāna can be replaced by another possessive.
Ahakoa pēhea taku whakapau kaha kia mau i a au ngā kupu o te waiata, kāore tonu i taea. I wāu nei hoki! / No matter how much I tried to catch the words, I could not. How sad for you!
akeake
1. (noun) akeake, Dodonaea viscosa - a small tree with long, sometimes reddish leaves. Flowers greenish to reddish. Akeake wood is black, variegated with streaks of white and is very hard. It was used for making patu.
See also akerautangi
2. (noun) Olearia avicenniifolia, Olearia traversii - shrubs or trees to 10 m tall with branches covered in silky hairs.
3. (noun) poor land, infertile land.
He whenua pungapunga, akeake kē nei ēnei whenua o Pouākani, ā, nā te kore huarahi, mā runga pāti rawa e whakawhiti atu ai te tangata i te awa o Waikato... (TTR 2000:27). / This land of Pouākani was pumice-ridden and of poor quality, and because there were no roads a person must cross the Waikato river by barge...
whakapōhara
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to impoverish, make poor, ruin.
Te purei hōiho e whakapōhara nei, e whakakūare nei i te tangata (HKW 6/1899:8). / Horse racing which impoverishes and debases man.
Synonyms: whakangaro
2. (loan) (noun) impoverishment, poverty, destitution, ruination.
Kua kite koutou i te hē o te mahi whawhai, he whakapōhara i te tangata tōna tikanga, he whakamate, ā moumou kau te tangata me te taonga (TWMNT 25/3/1873:28). / You have seen how wrong war is, it impoverishes and kills people and is a waste of people and property.
Synonyms: pūhore, tuakoka, pōhara, pōwhara, hahoretanga, mūhore, hāhoretanga
2. (noun) difficulty, sickness, poor state of repair.
Ko te rāwekeweke mō tērā hanga, mō te pū i runga i te turingongengonge, i te kātipuhi, me ngā hauātanga o te pū i ana mamate katoa, ka oti tika, i runga i te tere, i te utu ngāwari (KO 15/1/1884:10). / The fixing of that thing, the gun that is damaged, jammed, malfunctioning and all the problems that guns have will be done efficiently, promptly and inexpensively.
manauhea
1. (verb) to be weak, in ill health, reluctant.
Heoi anō pea te rere kē matua ko te kore i manauhea o ō nahe kaitito ki te kōpaki i te whakaaro ki te kupu e titi ai taua whakaaro rā ki te hinengaro o te kaiwhakaoko (Kāretu 2009:2). / However perhaps the main difference is that the composers of antiquity were not reluctant to encapsulate their thoughts with words that would penetrate the listener's mind.
Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, manawa pā, korou kore, whakatenetene, whakauaua, whakatōngā, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi
2. (modifier) reluctant.
I a Pita Moko e tiki ana i ngā pukapuka uruwhenua i te kāwanatanga manauhea, i Maunga Taranaki me Parihaka kē a Rātana me tōna whānau e torotoro haere ana i te 18 o Maehe 1924 (TTR 1996:153). / While Pita Moko was obtaining passports from a reluctant government, on 18 March 1924 Rātana and his family were visiting Mt Taranaki and Parihaka.
3. (noun) ill health, poor health.
Nā te manauhea o Kaihau i te Hepetema o 1911 ka tukua ia kia tū wātea i te Pāremata mō ngā rā 14 (TTR 1994:37). / Because of ill health, in September 1911 Kaihau was granted 14 days' leave of absence from Parliament.
taretare
1. (intransitive verb) to be ragged, tattered, shabby, dilapidated.
Mehemea ka haere mai tētahi tamaiti i taretare ōna kākahu he aha te pai mehemea ka kōrero kau anō tātou ki ngā tini āhua o ngā kākahu i hea, i hea, ā, ka waiho taua tamaiti kia noho kākahu kore? (KO 18/5/1887:4). / If a child with ragged clothes comes to us, what good is there if we just talk about the many styles of clothes from different place and we leave that child without clothes?
2. (intransitive verb) to pant, gasp for breath - usually with manawa.
3. (modifier) ragged, tattered, shabby, dilapidated.
I te tau 1950 kāore anō i whiwhi huarahi tōtika noa te takiwā nei, whiwhi āhuatanga kawe atu i ngā parakaingaki, wai paipa mai rānei. He maha kē nei ngā whare taretare, he papa oneone tonu, ā, kāore hoki i whai wāhi hōroi, tunu kai kē rānei (TTR 2000:176). / In 1950 this area did not yet have proper roads, sewerage facilities, or water reticulation. There were many dilapidated houses with earth floors and no washing or cooking facilities.
Synonyms: kanu, ruwha, kuha, kanukanu, pakaru, ruha, tāwekoweko, kōhangaweka, hīraurau
4. (noun) raggedness, shabbiness, scruffiness, dilapidated state, poor state.
Ko taua tamaiti he rawakore ina te taretare o ōna kākahu (KO 15/1/1886:6). / That child is destitute as shown by the poor state of her clothes.
