wahanga

wāhanga

1. (noun) section, chapter, division, part, clause, share, place, faculty, semester, compartment, allocation.

I kōwhiria a Hēnare rāua ko tana kaihana, ko Terei Ngātai mō te wāhanga Māori o te ope hōia o Aotearoa i haere ki te koroneihana o Kīngi Eruera Te Tuawhitu i te tau 1902 (TTR 1996:63). / Henare Kohere and his cousin Terei Ngātai were selected as members of the Māori section of the New Zealand contingent which attended the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 (DNZB 1996:266).

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Synonyms: tekihana, tekiona, rārangi, tūtanga, pīhi, whiti, wehenga, tūāporo, tiri, tohatoha, hea, wakawaka, tuari, toha, kōwaewae, kaupeka, kōwae, wāhi, moka, kōihi, wae, taha, wawae, kōwai, taiwhanga, whiu, whakatakoto, whakanohonoho, whakanoho, whakatū, panga, makamaka, maka, whiuwhiu, kopou

wāhanga

1. (noun) session.

Synonyms: nohoanga, tūnga

2. (noun) (mathematics) sector.

1. (noun) load, burden.

Hīrori ana ngā waewae i te taimaha o te wahanga (W 1971:53). / She staggered with the weight of the load.

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Synonyms: kawenga, pīkaunga, puru

wāhanga whāomoomo

1. (noun) intensive care unit.

Nō ngā raruraru o taku pokanga i tērā tau, ka haria tonutia ahau ki te wāhanga whāomoomo o te hōhipera. / Because of the problems of my operation, I was taken straight to the intensive care unit.

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wāhanga tuatahi

1. (noun) first half.

wāhanga pūtau

1. (noun) organelle - a specialised subunit within a cell that has a specific function.

wāhanga puoro

1. (noun) musical extract.

wāhanga takitahi

1. (noun) cadenza.

Ko te wāhanga takitahi te wāhanga o tētahi puoro hei whakatangi takitahi mā tētahi ringapuoro, hei waiata takitahi rānei mā tētahi kaiwaiata (RTP 2015:119). / A cadenza is part of a piece of music which is played or sung as a solo (RTP 2015:119).

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