uwhi

1. (verb) (ūwhia,-a,-ngia) to cover, spread over, spread out (forming a cover), bestow.

He hautupua ngā mihi i ūwhia ki runga ki a ia, nāna rā a Tūranga me ōna iwi i hāpai (TTR 1996:21). / Remarkable praise was bestowed on her for her advancement of Gisborne and its people.

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2. (noun) covering, tablecloth.

Ko ngā uwhi whakamahana tīpāta e hokohokona ana e ia, nāna tonu i whatu (TTR 1996:71). / She also sold tea cosies, which she made herself.

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1. (noun) yam, Dioscorea alata.

Ka hiahia a Papa-pou-namu ki te haere ki Kaihu. Ka tae, ka kite i te kūmara, i te taro, i te uwhi, i te roroi, i te kao (JPS 1923:233). / Papa-pounamu wanted to go to Kaihu. When he arrived there, he saw the kūmara, taro, yams, the grated kūmara and the dried kūmara.

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uwhi para

1. (noun) king fern, horseshoe fern, Marattia salicina - huge, tufted native ground fern with unusually large, heavy, dark, glossy fronds, divided into long, strap-like leaflets. Stalks clasping at base, with large ear-like lobes. The underground stems were an important food.

uwhi pera

1. (noun) pillowcase.

Me kaua ngā waha o ngā uwhi pera e ahu ki te kūaha he tīwekaweka nō tēnā hanga. Don't face the openings of the pillowcases to the door because it's untidy. /

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