rāwekeweke
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to prepare, repair, fiddle with, play with, manipulate.
Mehemea e 24 ngā mea kua whakaritea hei rāwekeweke mā te ākonga, me āta whawhe e ia aua taonga rā kia rua ngā rōpu tekau ngā mea o roto, ā, kia kotahi te rōpū kei reira ngā mea e whā e toe mai ana (Pa 1996:17). / If there are 24 items that have been organised for the student to play with, she must manipulate them into two groups of ten and there should be one group of the four things left over.
Synonyms: whawhe, whāwhā, raweke, rāpoi, raupine, tapi, tapitapi, aukaha, papani, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, takatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, pātā, whakapai, whakataka, tītakataka, rahurahu, whakaute, takataka, whakareri, whakatau
2. (noun) activity, action, deeds, exploits.
Nā ana rāwekeweke, ka puta ōna rongo ki te motu (TTR 1990:52). / His activities made him a national figure.
3. (noun) meddling, interference, disturbance.
He nui tonu ngā kōiwi he mea nehu tonu i tōna whenua i Pahinui, i Waipoua, ā, i te tau 1896 ka whakatūria he kōhatu whakamaharatanga, ko tāna anō hoki kia mutu kau ai te rāwekeweke i ngā kōiwi, ake tonu atu (TTR 1998:19). / Many bones were buried in her land at Pahinui, Waipoua, and in 1896 a commemorative obelisk was erected, with the purpose of ending forever disturbance of the bones.
Synonyms: raweke, whawhewhawhe
4. (noun) function, operating (a machine, etc.).
E kore e mau i a au ngā rāwekeweke o te mīhini nei. He uaua rawa (HJ 2015:50). / I'll never master this machine. It's too difficult.
5. (noun) appliance.
Kia nui haere te utu o ngā kai me ngā rāwekeweke o ia rā, ka nui haere anō te amuamu o te iwi (HJ 2015:118). / When the cost of daily food and appliances increases, the people's complaints also increase.
2. (noun) shining broadleaf, Griselinia lucida - a shrub with large, leathery, very glossy, alternating leaves. The fruit is dark purple. It often grows up in trees, extending its white, pliable roots down the trunk of the host tree, eventually becoming an independent tree.
4. (noun) swamp maire, Syzygium maire - a tree of swampy forests with a smooth-barked trunk, red berries and elliptic-oblong leaves tapering at each end and in pairs.
See also maire tawake
