taimaha

Māori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *taimafa (“heavy”) cognate with Rarotongan taimaha and Tahitian taimaha. Also analyzable as tai- +‎ maha “great, abundant”

Adjective

taimaha

  1. heavy
    Synonym: taumaha
  2. (of prices) expensive, costly, pricey
    • 2015 September 22, Ngāti Kuri Claims Settlement Act 2015‎[1]:
      (10) (b) ko te tino taimaha o te utu i te rūri o te whenua i raro i ngā whakatau ā te Kooti...
      the crippling cost of surveying the land for the court’s process...
  3. (of conditions) harsh, severe, burdening
  4. (figurative) unwell

References

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917), “taimaha”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 424
  • “taimaha” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *taimafa (“heavy”). Cognate with Māori taimaha.

Adjective

taimaha

  1. heavy
  2. (figurative) heavy

References

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