awha - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

āwhā

1. (noun) gale, storm, heavy rain, torrential rain.

Nā te nui o te āwhā me te karawhiu o ngā haumātakataka kīhai i taea te māngoingoi ika (TWK 45:5). / Because of the heavy rainfall and force of the hurricane fishing was not possible.

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paepae āwhā

1. (noun) beam across the front of the verandah of a meeting house.

taritari āwhā

1. (noun) spiderwood, Dracophyllum latifolium - native shrub to 10 m which looks a little like a cabbage tree, having clusters of long tapering leaves at the tips of their branches. Found in northern North Island to as far south as Taranaki and Lake Waikaremoana and in the South Island from Puponga to the Nile River in hill and mountain forests.

paepae kai āwhā

1. (noun) beam across the front of the meeting house at ground level.

Ka oti te whare he karakia anō te huakitanga i te whatitoka me te takahanga i te paepae kai āwhā (TPH 6/3/1905:1). / When the house is completed there are ritual chants for the opening of the door and stepping over the board in front of the house.

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