2. (noun) canoe without attached sides, hull, dugout.
Nō ēnei ngā rā, ka whano ka wareware ki ngā tētē, ki ngā tīwai, ki ngā tāraro i hoea ai Te Moana ki Tīkapa, ki Te Kupenga o Taramainuku, ki ngā tahataha o Tāmaki, o hea, o hea (KO 15/8/1883:6). / These days we are on the verge of forgetting the canoes with a figurehead without arms and legs, the dugout canoes and the canoes adorned with plumes and carving that paddled the Hauraki Gulf, the Manukau Harbour bar, the shores of Tāmaki and other places.
waka tīwai
1. (noun) dugout canoe without attached sides.
There was one thing wrong, there was no race for the dugout canoes, but there was a race for the war canoes. / Kotahi te mea i hē ko te kore reihi mō ngā waka tīwai, engari ia te reihi mō ngā waka taua (MM.TKM 15/2/1859:2).
See also tīwai
