2. (-a,-tia) to comb (the hair).
Ka tīmata te tangi a te wahine nei, ka mutu te tangi, ka horoi, ka wani i a ia. Ka titia te amokura o tōna tāne ki ngā makawe o tōna mātenga (M 2004:160). / The woman then commenced to weep, she stopped, washed herself and composed herself most attractively. She then fixed her husband's long feather plume on her head (M 2004:161).
See also ka wani kē
wani
1. (verb) (-a) to scrape, skim over, glide over, graze, touch lightly, comb (the hair).
E ai ki te mahara ake o tētehi o te minenga ki a Mere e wani mai ana i te whatārangi kia tū ai ki te aroaro-ā-kapa, ki reira haka tahi atu ai me rātau me te puta o te ihi, o te wana (TTR 1998:1). / One member of the audience remembered Mere gliding across the stage to stand in the front row of the haka group to join them in the haka with great excitement and gusto.
Synonyms: kowani, kaku, waku, wakuwaku, pākēkē, waru, harakuku, hāro, rakaraka, raraku, tīwani, honihoni, kauhoro, wharowharo, raku, tuakuku, okoi, rakuraku, weku, hākuku, whawharo, tahitahi, waruwaru
wani
1. (loan) (noun) swan, Cygnus atratus and Cygnus olor - introduced birds, one a very large black swan with a crimson bill and white tip, and the other a very large white swan with an orange bill.
Me te wani, me te perikana, me te kia ekara (PT Riwitikuha 11:18). / And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle.
