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mamae - hurt, sore, pain

Mamae. ‖ mae.

Williams Dictionary

mamae. 1. n. Pain. Ka rongo katoa te pane i te mamae o nga taura (T. 152).

2. v.i. Feel pain or distress of body or mind. Ana, pa tonu ki tetehi, mamae rawa (T. 16). Ko taua kupu i mamae ai te ngakau o Marutuahu (T. 142).

Williams Dictionary

Kua mamae tōku kakī.
My neck is sore.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kei hea koe e mamae ana?
Where's your sore?

Māku e kihi tō mamae.
I'll kiss your sore better.
Future agent emphatic - māku, mā... e..., mā... hei

Kei whea te mamae, kei tō uma? Kāo, kei raro iho. Kei taku puku.
Where's the pain – in your chest? No, it's further down. It's in my stomach.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

I oti i a au, engari kua mamae taku ringa i te tuhituhi.
I completed it but my hand is sore from all the writing.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei te mamae tō taringa?
Have you got a sore ear?
Adjectives and a-type statives -

Ka mamae aku turi, ngā wāhi katoa ōku, engari kāore e heke taku taumaha.
They hurt my knees, and every other part of me, yet I don't seem to lose any weight.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka tino kaha rawa tōna tangi ki tōna mamae.
She mourned deeply for her pains.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Māu e tohutohu ki te tohunga ō mate, ka ngau ai te tohunga i ō atua e ngau ana i tō kiri, te mamae i tō tinana.
You must indicate your ills to the tohunga, then the tohunga will devour your spirits that are devouring your skin, paining your body.

Kei te tino mamae tana tinana.
His body is very sore.

I moe ia i runga i te papa raakau naa wai ka mamae tona tuaraa
He slept on the bare boards and so he got a sore back

Kei te kōrero ia: "He mate kei taku waewae. Kei te toto! E mamae ana taku turi!".
He says: "My leg is sore! There's blood! My knee hurts!".

Kei te mamae tō korokoro?
Have you got a sore throat?

Kei te mamae taku tuarā.
My back is sore.

Kua mamae taku poho.
My chest is sore.

He mamae tōku ringa.
My hand hurts.

He rarangatanga nāna i ngā rourou, ka tino mamae ana matikara.
She wove the food baskets, and her fingers were very sore.

He mamae nō taku tuara.
Because my back is sore.

Kei te tino mamae ahau.
I am very hurt.

Kei te tino mamae au.
I am very hurt.

Kei te tino mamae koe.
You are very hurt.

Kei te tino mamae koutou.
You (all) are very hurt.

Kua mamae taku taringa.
My ear is sore.

Kei te āhua mamae ahau.
I am somewhat hurt.

Kei te āhua mamae au.
I am somewhat hurt.

Kei te āhua mamae koe.
You are somewhat hurt.

Kei te āhua mamae koutou.
You (all) are somewhat hurt.

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